[Rhodes22-list] Lake Hartwell, comments thereon...

john Belanger jhnblngr at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 23 12:33:39 EST 2007


they say that one should take advantage of low water to search for lost gear. anchors, winch handles, masts, fishing gear, etc. during our drought last year, the only boats able to sail were those already in the water at the marinas. the problem is that at low water, you could hit something that was usually 20 feet below surface and do thousands in damage for a couple of hours sailing.

Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:  
All:

All this talk about draught needs to be placed in perspective. Last
Saturday the last scheduled races of the year were held by the Big Water
Sailing Club. The wind were brisk, in the 10 to 20 mph ranges. These boats
are mostly over 30 footers. None ran aground. None sank. And they sailed
until dark. It should be noted that this is on the southern end of the lake
and not in the swamps upstream. 170 feet minus 14 feet yield how many feet
of water. Is 150 feet enough to sail on? 

If the lake goes down 30 feet, we may yet find the end of the ramp at Big
Water. No one, even with scuba gear has marked that spot. Anybody with a
wet suit and who likes cool water, here is your chance to find the end of
the ramp. 

Consider that maybe this draught is God's wrath on those worshiping the new
false god, the Green God Gore with hts gospel of global warming? Maybe his
followers should repent instead of bowing before a false god.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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