Saturday 30 July 2011

Exhausted new windlass

Poor thing. First day out and it winds 9 locks in succession with Napton flight. We got a new windlass as a result of Pete winding Foxton Locks with BW issue windlii - all these lightweight aluminium types well balanced somewhat longer than our short steel ones and shorter handled than our long steel ones. And significantly lighter, making them much more friendly to carry. Hmmm. Perhaps a name is coming on...