GL: Sngle handling locks on the loop

[John Foltz]

Skinwalker brings up some great points that I experienced last year  
doing 50 solo locks.

1. It;s hard to go to the bathroom when you are cruising in a tight  
waterway by yourself with no easy place to dock or anchor.

2. I found the logistics more work than I though it would be. I was  
changing paper charts, plotting my location on them, watching the  
chart plotter, driving the boat, watching for markers, watching for  
traffic. No time to think about making lunch or yelling at the captain  
for being stupid.

3, It's hard to get a second opinion -- when the charts are confusing.

4. There is no one to talk to unless you walk the dock and make  
friends. At one point, I took a bottle of wine over to a couple of  
trawlers across the locks and said, I haven't talked to anyone for  
days, can we party?

John Foltz
M/V Freedom
PT38
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