silly(?) question about free-flow at Port Solent

[andyball]

Wandering around there today :a sign explaining that the lock was free flowing at times and that if the free-flow was longer than 1hr, a ferry service would sometimes be available....also a warning to be sure you were the "right side" of the lock, before free flow began.

I must be missing something : I thought that free flow meant that both gates were open, so boats could come/go at will (assuming a wide enough gap) .

So: what's the ferry service for, and why do you need to be the right side of the locks before free flow?

Sorry if it's a stoopid question, & thanks in advance

 

[petem]

The only stupid question is the one you don't ask!

The ferry is for the non-boat-owning plebs on foot (like me) to anable us to get back to our houses/cars, etc. Otherwise it's probably a 2 mile walk around the marina.

 

[andyball]

Doh ! I was trying to think of it from a boat angle.

Thanks

 

[aztec]

another silly Q

if you are a non boat owner, why reply on a boaty type forum?

 

[BarryD]

Read Petem\'s profile

He an ex boat owner but he has ceased to be
No he's not he's only sleeping...

Come back Pete...


Barry D.

IMHO & FWIW, NWGOI.

 

[petem]

Thanks BARRYD.....

Don't know who rattled AZTEC's cage.

I was thinking of moving over to Beautys Castle but I'll hang on here for a while longer.