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Yes I used to do a lot of winter day boating, however have been locked in on my stretch for the last few years due to lock closures.
Looking forward to a few winter runs this year, any idea if the powered out of hours lock times change in the winter?

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Officially yes, 7 a.m. to closing time + 2 hours.

In practice NO 'cos a third party is supposed to set the clocks, but EA can't afford to pay them...... (my supposition entirely)

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So assuming clocks are set right that means evening out of hours locking is from 4pm to 6pm from November. Somehow I feel a bit short changed with only an extra 2hours /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif doesn't really seem to have been worth the investment.
 
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I assumed it meant lock hours, which are 0900 to 1600 in the winter. Certainly in July (lock hours 0900-1900) I tried to use out of hours power after 2100 and found it had been turned off, or it was never on!
 
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Would be nice if they corrected the out of hours timer at Boulters to switch on at 08:00 rather than 08:25 - Angela????
 
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The lockies were allowed to set the clocks??

Can't be an 'elf'n'safety issue, surely??

(My source(s) say only Halcyon can do it).

After all they're spending Loads -a-money to electricify the locks, but not a lorra use if they're switched off.

But then I'm only a customer...
 
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Sorry only just seen this.
I'll check what's supposed to be the case and ask whether we can get the timings checked as it does sound like there's something to grumble about which ought to be simple to fix!
 
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Thanks Angela, I would be interested to know though why the power is not left on all night? After all out of hours is all through the night, it would make a big difference to boaters plans, knowing that they could move their boats through the night with little effort.
 
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Thanks Angela, I would be interested to know though why the power is not left on all night? After all out of hours is all through the night, it would make a big difference to boaters plans, knowing that they could move their boats through the night with little effort.

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you see, they want to avoid complaints by the new occupants of the lockside cottages - when they've sold them off......


Seriously cruising the river at night is something to be discourage generally, there are lots of sticky out things which are difficult to see in the dark, and the use of headlamps (!) is not popular.
 
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Not sure about discouraging night cruising, although hire boats shouldn't do it and certainly shouldn't be allowed without proper navigation lights. But once you have your night vision its a great experience.

Agree about the Lock House residents, I shall certainly be complaining if they impede my right to navigate through the locks or have loud music on or bright lights etc.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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OoHP (as I call it) should be available at the locks that have it (which is nearly all of the hydraulic ones now and most of the remainder are being done this winter hopefully) from 0700 until the lockkeeper comes on duty, lunchtime if there's no assistant, and from when they go off duty until 2200. This should be regardless of the time of year. As we have had to retro-fit the OoHP - some of the timers are inside the pedestals and because of the live wires/risk of shock etc, we only want the contractors to deal with them. Others are not inside the pedestals and the lockkeepers can check and change them themselves. I will ask whether the timings can be checked on a regular basis to make sure the timers are keeping time and the settings are correct. We set it to go off at 2200 as while people can navigate at night, we don't want to encourage it as there's often no lights and is can cause a disturbance for whoever lives there. There are some sites where we might get people messing with the gates for the 'fun' of it (there are others on here who might know which sites are common targets for things like this).
 
The accident you speak off was due more to lack of concentration than the river conditions, yes the ferrocrete skin did help to some extent but the damage was only a sprung plank caulking and was quickly repaired. As for her nearly sinking, the bilge pumps held the incomimg flow once the head was reduced, this was done by diverting the engine raw water intakes. a second boat was with us and spare pumps were available.
We held in the lock untill the boatyard owner arrived and lifted lazy Days out.
The owner soon had her recaulked and put back in and I bought her a year or so later.

Since then I've removed all the ferrocrete and she's a much sweeter boat.
 
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