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Why are everyone holding the ropes in the last pic? do you not tie off in the locks?
 

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Why are everyone holding the ropes in the last pic? do you not tie off in the locks?
You can't tie off due to the level of water rising or falling. You have to keep paying out line or taking it in.
 

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I always thought you tied off to a part of the wall and the wall raised and lowered with the water levels...weird
 

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Nope....you never tie off in a lock. You need a good long boat hook and people to hold ropes. The lock crews will give you directions over loud speaker (some more polite than others)
 
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