Re: Protecting racked shells during a flood
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Just stopped by the bh on my way home from BDL.?Water level about 3 feet (?) below the level of the top section of the wooden
ramp. ?Flow was pretty calm right at the ramp; less so out at the docks and under the bridge!?
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NWS water stage at 30.1 feet at 1:00 am when I took this picture.? Graph shows water level topping out at ~35.3 feet in the
next 24 hrs.? Given that the bh is well above where these ramps are, the outlook seems promising¡
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 10:17:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [yankeerowing] Protecting racked shells during a flood
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Can someone give some clarity: is the river going to rise as high as the boathouse tomorrow? Because I am supposed to go to Cambridge early in the morning, and I will need to
move it before I leave if so.
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 8:45 PM Gloria DiFulvio <gdifulvio1@...> wrote:
Sally and I have taken our boats. We moved Lise¡¯s boat to Sally¡¯s high spot. The spots on the right (my spot and Lise¡¯s spot) are open
Gloria
> On Jul 10, 2023, at 8:41 PM, ZZooey via <zzooey=[email protected]> wrote:
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> ?I would think letting them sink would beat the hell out of them.
> Just my opinion . If we have to move boats let¡¯s do it. But those noaa predictions are iffy.
> We could set up are two more aluminum boat racks if necessary. Or people could transport private boats home temporarily. The Projections look high- but I have never seen our boathouse in trouble in all my years.? I would personally like to move Leslies.?
Up high as possible. It¡¯s on the floor now.? Any other ideas ??
>> On Jul 10, 2023, at 8:29 PM, Bob Sproull <rfsproull@...> wrote:
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>> ?I've been looking on the 'net for good info on this, with a better explanation than I
>> can provide.? But here's my memory:
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>> The problem with flooding in a boathouse is that the boats are stored upside-down, and
>> the water will lift/float them (air trapped inside the upside-down hull) and break the boat
>> against the rack above.
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>> The solution is to let the water into the trapped area of the shell, so that the shell can
>> essentially "sink".? The way to do that is:
>>? ?- open all the "ports" that keep watertight compartments tight
>>? ?- take a length of plastic tubing, and tape one end of it to the highest point INSIDE
>>? ? ? ?the hull (pt 1), run the tube outside the hull and up, above pt 1, and figure
>>? ? ? ?out a way to secure it there.
>>? ?- do that for the washbox and every watertight compartment
>> Simple plastic tubing, 3/8 or 1/2 diameter is fine.
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>> The idea is to let the air inside the trapped space escape as the water rises, so that
>> the boat can essentially "sink in place."
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>> Happy to do this if it's warranted.? Not sure how high things may rise....
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>> Bob
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