Paul, How would you go under the dock? Doesn't your dock float anymore?
My dock (C-3) does. Cheers Colin On 10/3/12, Paul Fountain <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich, > > It's a serious issue on the Great Lakes right now - many clubs and marinas > on Lake Ontario are not accessible to boats drawing over 5 1/2 feet some are > pulling deeper drafts already. I've had to extend my dock skirt down 2+ feet > so I don't go under the dock. > > On the upper lakes I have friends with cottages on islands that are having > to extend docks and take other actions to get to the islands - no fun! > > Wish we had tides even wind tides right now! > > Paul. :) > > > On 2012-10-03, at 3:54 PM, Rich Knowles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't understand all the flap over water levels. Ours goes up and down >> over 6' every few hours. Up to 40' on the Bay of Fundy. No sweat. >> >> Rich Knowles >> Indigo - C&C LF38 >> Halifax - Nova Scotia >> >> >> On 2012-10-03, at 16:14, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We don't see much lake effect snow on Superior, as we're upwind of >>> everything... >>> >>> -- Fred >>> >>> On Oct 3, 2012, at 2:12 PM, "Neil Andersen" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have heard that there is a call for a greater than usual volume of >>>> Lake effect snowfall this year due to the higher than usual Lake >>>> temperature… >>>> >>>> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Frederick G Street >>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:50 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels >>>> >>>> Speaking just for Lake Superior, we're in a drought situation here right >>>> now, so inflow is much reduced; but the biggest culprit seems to be the >>>> warmer than usual winters, which lead to significantly reduced ice >>>> cover, which in turn leads to greatly increased evaporation. >>>> >>>> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >>>> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >>>> >>>> On Oct 3, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Robert Mazza wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> OK Stu, here's a dumb question: >>>> >>>> If the water is leaving the Upper Great Lakes faster than normal, why >>>> isn't the level of the Lower Great Lakes rising with all that influx of >>>> water? We keep our boat in Hamilton, Ontario, and the water level at the >>>> fixed docks at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club is so low now that I have >>>> to sit on my butt on the dock with my legs dangling in space before a >>>> gingerly lower myself on to the deck of Trillium now several feet below >>>> dock level. I can't see how putting baffles in the St. Clair River is >>>> going to improve the water level on Lake Ontario. There seems to be >>>> something more at work here than water flow through the St. Clair River. >>>> It probably has to do more with lack of snow fall and snow build up in >>>> the winter with resulting reduced run off in the spring, as well as >>>> changes in precipitation generally. Global warming (or Climate Change) >>>> perhaps? I don't have an answer, but this does seem to be a problem >>>> facing the whole Great Lakes, not just the Upper Lakes. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>>> [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
