Скачать с ютуб No horse? No problem! The art of 'Long Lining' в хорошем качестве

No horse? No problem! The art of 'Long Lining'

Originally even when horse boating was not common, at long lock flights like at the Wolverhampton 21 horses were kept to help pair boats bring the butty up separately. The other options of bow hauling a loaded butty, or working through one lock at a time is definitely a slow and difficult job. Long Lining is method where the tow rope is so long you can be pulling the butty in the lock as the motor enters the next lock. In an ideal set up by the time the motor has left the top of the lock, the lock can be turned around before the butty reaches the bottom gates. Here the Narrowboat Trust, a group of enthusiastic volunteers are trying their best to recreate and keep the practise alive. It's never an easy task, made harder by the lack of dredging and low water levels on the flight.