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Essential read: Managing lock cills

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Web Editor

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April 26, 2023

Every year, lock cills catch boaters unaware, no matter how experienced they are. Once a vessel’s caught on a cill, it causes the rudder to pop out of the cup, which is quickly resolved. However, in many cases, it results in damage to the skeg, rudder and bearings, and the boat needs to be towed…
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Who left the lock open?

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Janet Richardson

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November 25, 2021

WHILE walking along a section of the Kennet & Avon Canal to Devizes recently, Towpath Talk contributor Kevin Thomas came upon Lock 25 standing wide open. It prompted him to question what is it that makes boaters leave a lock open – laziness, a lapse of attention or even arrogance? In its guide to saving…
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