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Braunston Historic Narrow Boat Rally - 27Th & 28Th June.

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So who is thinking of going to the Braunston Historic Narrow Boat Rally next weekend, (Saturday June 27th and Sunday June 28th)?

We are very much hoping to have both our historic narrow boats, "Sickle" and "Flamingo" there, despite "Flamingo" being very much "work in progress".

Braunston Marina's dtails for the rally here.

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Last prediction I heard was for around 80 historic narrow boats to attend - if so that is a good number, still making it easily the largest turn out of the calendar, without the complete chaos that has ensued in years where the numbers attending have exceeded 100.

Anyway, if you do go, please try and find us on either "Sickle" or "Flamingo", (which I suspect are likely to end up moored together), and introduce yourselves, if we have not met so far.

Alan, Cath & Odin.

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We will be passing through mid next week but not stopping. Last year we timed going through late Sunday afternoon having been told the parades had finished and ended up being the last boat escorted through the marina much to the confusion of the poor man on the PA and the embarrassment of my wife.

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Considering walking there as not far from Marina if Mollys health dictates..shes got poorly foot ATM, otherwise will drive. Quite fancy going over top of Braunston tunnel make a change from going through it!

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NO I am first in the borrow list, being as I am familee.

 

Also, Alan, Cath, please may I have a ride on your toys please kthanksbye.

 

Anything for our dear daughter (!), although I imagine we are unlikely to parade "Flamingo" until we find ways to encourage it to stop in a distance of less than 100 yards! Going forward it will do, (eventually!) - stopping it seems decidedly less concerned about!

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Thanks Dad! I bet you work out Flamingo's stopping issue a whole lot faster if the weather is as horrific as it was last year for the parade! biggrin.png

I'd forgotten that! Very wet.

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and they left the top gate of lock 8 open.

 

Martyn

Are you sure that is the case? I could count several locks over the last few weeks where I've exited the lock, stoped and closed the gates, motored off only to see a gate slowly re-open behind me. If that happens then it stays open and I'd be disappointed if someone started going around implying i was intentionally leaving gates open.

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Are you sure that is the case? I could count several locks over the last few weeks where I've exited the lock, stoped and closed the gates, motored off only to see a gate slowly re-open behind me. If that happens then it stays open and I'd be disappointed if someone started going around implying i was intentionally leaving gates open.

Virtually all the top gates on the Buckby Flight te-open when you are leaving , if you shut one, the other will swing open. This is also the same with the bottom gates at locks 10, 11 and 12.

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Are you sure that is the case? I could count several locks over the last few weeks where I've exited the lock, stoped and closed the gates, motored off only to see a gate slowly re-open behind me. If that happens then it stays open and I'd be disappointed if someone started going around implying i was intentionally leaving gates open.

 

Also the bigger and deeper draughted the boat, the more likely it is that the gates will swing open again as you set off having closed the top gates - as it moves forward the "hole" that it leaves in the water is refilled by surrounding water flowing into it, and the bigger the hole, the more water will need to flow into it, some of which will cause the level behind the gates to drop, and often cause them to swing open.

 

I haven't explained that too well - but I hope it makes sense.

 

Some of the locks on the GU in Northamptonshire it is virtually impossible to get the top gates to stay closed, unless you deliberately run water out the bottom end, they just naturally swing open again. We now never even try coming up through the "thick" of the lower Stoke Bruerne locks - it is a complete waste of time

 

Incidentally Bletchley was sign-written at High House Wharf - I could scvarcely believe the speed they work at. when we turned up there on the day concerned the sign-writer was still laying out where he was going to paint. Only a couple of hours later all the lettering had been done on one side, and it was being taken to wind, to allow the other side to be started. They make it look effortless, but I'm sure it isn't!

Virtually all the top gates on the Buckby Flight te-open when you are leaving , if you shut one, the other will swing open. This is also the same with the bottom gates at locks 10, 11 and 12.

 

Yes, sometimes some of those bottom gates are so bad that they can only be made to stay shut simultaneously on both sides if you draw a bit of top paddle to keep them closed.

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Anything for our dear daughter (!), although I imagine we are unlikely to parade "Flamingo" until we find ways to encourage it to stop in a distance of less than 100 yards! Going forward it will do, (eventually!) - stopping it seems decidedly less concerned about!

 

 

I had this with Aldebaran. A coarser blade with a higher DAR ratio fixed it admirably.

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