Cycle Lanes

James Annan said:

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Tony (Oxbridge end) Raven

Eh? Wassat?

Well which end of the punt did you punt from, the Oxford (sloping) end or the Cambridge (flat bit)
end. If you are up to it you can punt from either.

Tony

James Annan said:

Quoted message said:

Tony (Oxbridge end) Raven

Eh? Wassat?

Well which end of the punt did you punt from, the Oxford (sloping) end or the Cambridge (flat bit)
end. If you are up to it you can punt from either.

Tony

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Tony Raven said:

That would depend. The bicycle as a powered vessel must give way to a vessel propelled by oars,
pole or paddles.

Where do you get the reference to poles from, out of interest? A poled punt is arguably
constrained by reason of its draught---it can't manoeuvre once it's strayed out of the pole's
depth---and the same reasoning ought to hold for bottom-propelled bicycles.

I think you'd find under COLREGS that all these vessels count as powered hence you pass port to port
and overtaking vessels give way . Unless of course any of them are manoeuvring with difficulty, not
under command, pair trawling or constrained by their draught.

HTH Julia

Tony Raven said:

James Annan said:

Quoted message said:

Tony (Oxbridge end) Raven

Eh? Wassat?

Well which end of the punt did you punt from, the Oxford (sloping) end or the Cambridge (flat bit)
end. If you are up to it you can punt from either.

Yes, I did know that...mostly I only had cause to use the easier one, although I did go over to the
Dark Side occasionally.

James

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In article said:

can be manoeuvred. Any half decent punter will tell you that the pole on the bottom provides mainly
propulsion, the pole in the water provides steering.

But once they progress to fully decent, the amount of steering done with the pole in the water and
not on the bottom is very small, with no distinct rudder phase, just tiny corrections while the pole
is being withdrawn for the next stroke.

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Tony Raven said:

Not. The thrust provides some directional control. The pole in the water provides the steering
and minor course correction.

But one-handed prevents any real steering, unless you lever the pole against the edge of the punt
which is rather clumsy. Also the pole has to be pulled out in a single rapid `throw' rather than
dragged slowly through the water.

Neither of these points is completely true. (My one-handed punting skills aren't what they used to
be, but I did manage a couple of glasses of Pimms this summer without problems.) Being one handed
limits the steering, but it's still there - it's a bit like the "at speed you don't steer a bike at
all, you just lean" claim. And while you do have to 'throw' the pole out, you don't have to do the
whole thing in a single movement.