A visit from an old friend and past chef, Dave. A true
English gentleman and pleasure to have onboard. Joining us to fill the gap for
the next two weeks after chef Dan and Liane left to continue their travels.
Francisco spent the week teaching various passengers the skill of barge
piloting, he makes it look easy – it isn’t!
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| Navigating into a lock takes skill and practice |
The Luciole as like most barges spends most the time going
the way she wants and not the way you want her to. A long delay in response
time between turning the wheel and her reacting doesn’t help, plus a 170ton
moving object with no brakes takes a long time to stop. Built for the maximum
carrying capacity (not to be aerodynamic!) and previously pulled by horses,
steering her takes a surprising amount of skill and a lot of practise
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