Steve S
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- Jun 5, 2007
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- Boat Info
- 2000 400 Sedan Bridge with twin CAT 3116's
2000 340 Sundancer - SOLD!
210 Monaco 1987 - SOLD!
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar 3116's 350 HP straight drives
Isn’t that what dinghies are for!
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With that thought in mind, and guessing that these water level changes have been happening for eons, why in the world would a marina owner build a marina with fixed docks?
We don't get those huge fluctuations and all docks out here are floating. I don't get it.
This is, correction, was, my dock.
Sadly a group of very nice folks are being ripped apart by the water and damage that has been done. The exodus has begun. Many of these people have been spending summers together for 10-15 years. The power company turned off the power as the transformers are sinking and in water. Now the marina must be brought up to current code to have the power reconnected.
All that will just make the dock safe to have power even if the lake level is above the pier.
Had to get another slip. Sad to leave...
MM
Sorry for your loss MM.Yes, each slip individually owned. The owner pays property taxes and HOA fees.
MM
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Sorry for your loss MM.
I remember how quickly things changed in 1986. Lake levels were pleasantly high during the summer, and then we had a cool wet fall. It poured rain almost every day in October and our new rip rap sea wall had water at the very top and the dock had water 3-4" below the decking. We though we would need to raise the dock. That fall was followed by normal precipitation for an extended period and then dry weather for a while. We never saw high water again until the past several years. The water level at our dock is not currently close to what it was in October 1986.The Lake will go down soon as it has in the past and this will be forgotten until next time. The rise happened very quickly on the heels of the record low. The record low was in 2013 and by 2015 north winds were flooding the dock, it just now has reached a dangerous level.
Last October the water was 2 feet over the dock...
MM
MM, you sure it's not the polar ice pack melting? 2 months or so until rendezvous!!The Lake will go down soon as it has in the past and this will be forgotten until next time. The rise happened very quickly on the heels of the record low. The record low was in 2013 and by 2015 north winds were flooding the dock, it just now has reached a dangerous level.
Last October the water was 2 feet over the dock...
MM