On 17 Mar, 11:02, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
01:44:28 on Mon, 17 Mar 2008, furnessvale
remarked:

I was once working a boat down the Oxford canal when I
came across a youth who was jumping across the lock rather than
walking to the far gates. �About 8ft wide so nearly the same width.

I was going to mention jumping narrow locks, which few people seem happy
about attempting. They are 7ft wide (plus a little extra in places), not
8ft, though.
--
Roland Perry

Narrow locks are about 7ft 3ins wide at the bottom (my boat was 7ft
0.5ins wide. Some boats have spread to 7ft 2ins and still get through
most locks). When you allow for the batter up to the top they come
out at about 8ft on average.

George