Narrowboat Skills: Using a Canal Lock!

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[innocent_fugitive]

This is the video I found to explain canal locks to a friend and then became so interested in Dan's travels on the canals that I watched all of his videos and now want to follow in his wake.

[trevorsbarkingmadchannel]

Dearly missing your vlogs. House for sale and hope to be living on the canals. Yours and other vlogs really really helpful.

[handyman]

very useful I'm rented one out in two weeks, getting myself knowledge up great vid

[barrycossins]

very good informative video would like to see more like this

[debbz]

this information helped my Canal locks presentation thank you!

[richardtofts]

Have you done any episodes specifically about the challenges of single-handed boating? Docking, securing and casting off etc. Thinking of buying a boat ( starting small, probably old canal cruiser, but would love to progress to Water Bug style narrow boat ) and most guides and walk-throughs are for crewed boats. Its likely that even if I wasnt alone, I would be pretty much doing all tasks myself. Awesome series of videos by the way :-)

[thinker]

Great videos Dan, I've been following you for a while and would love to slip by you on a canal some day. I've got a great idea for a future post. Why don't you film a clip about dos and don'ts for holiday cruisers. I'll be an American visitor next Spring and I don't want to be that kind of guy that long time boaters roll their eyes at. Give us a top five list of your pet peeves so we can keep your cheerful disposition going😊

[normsmith]

Interessting. Never heard or seen it before.

[cliffwoodbury]

so i noticed that there are stones that are higher than the rest near locks and they look like they are used to be able to push off to get a start swinging the gate. I wonder if those stones had a name. Push stone or something like that

[kenlynch]

Hopefully you retrieved your Lock Key (Crank) which was placed onto the grass after opening the forward gate. I know you had to go back and lower the gate. Very polite of your saying that the boats sinking in the locks are those Holiday Boaters that crowd the canals in season.

[carper]

glad youve done this again dan next please do a vid on how to view your podcast /listen

[kevinneil]

Hi Dan. Can I say this was a very useful video. I was not aware of fenders jamming against the sides of a lock. Is this just on llangollen locks or is it a country wide thing? The end gate came as a shock. I've watched a lot of canal video's and I have never seen one before or even a picture of one so well done with this video. Can I suggest you shoot another video in the future of another lock with different features and how you deal with them as a single user. I am going to buy my own canal boat and I will be on my own for most journeys and ensisage that locks will offer the biggest challenge as I dont plan to journey in storms or windy days!

[kingsboy]

Why did I duck when you went under that bridge at the end of the lock! I'm sitting at my desk in the office! (maybe my boss was coming!)

[jeh]

HI
Just love you video's, they are fantastic.
My family and I are planning a canal boat trip in summer 2016.

We plan on doing the Cheshire Loop.

Do you have any videos about this route?

We are looking to start from Atherton for the starting place.

We live in Huntington Beach, Cal south of Los Angeles

Cheers Best Wishes John Hamilton

[jabbertwardy]

Or, "How to Survive a Canal Lock". It's amazing how many hazards the various narrowboat channels point out. But that's 18th and 19th century safety culture for you! The main takeaways: don't fall in, don't sink your boat. 😄

[kallijayasuriya]

Hey! What do you do if there is no bridge near double gates?

[walleye]

Is there a reason they don't automate the gates so a person doesn't have to get out and do it manually? Will it ever become automated where you could just send a signal from the boat to the lock and open and close them.

[danoneill]

Ho did you get the boat out of the lock, did you have to jump down, or did you use that terrifying looking ladder? looks very slippy! Or did you pull the boat out using the rope maybe? Genuine question, I'm not a boater or anything so just interested, and maybe I missed that bit!

[harrynew]

25 mins for a lock ? I wouldnt like to be behind you but your method is sound and good advice for newcomers .

[CariStarlite]

In line for a custom wide beam but in USA at present. Got to sell the house first.  Would love to read your Kindle books but unfortunately they are not available for folks outside the UK :(