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The                  first                 barge                       coming



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  through  the  locks  is  a  hotel


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  boat it is the maximum length



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and  width  allowed  What  a



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  great  skipper.  He  did  it  all


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  himself.  The  photo  doesn’t



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  show  the  complexity.  After



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  exiting  the  bottom  lock  the


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  canal                     turns                     hard                    right.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  without  any  bow  thruster  he



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  threw a stern line onto a canal


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  bollard and used it to turn the



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  barge.
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