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knightwind
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Initially Posted - 10/26/2008 :  10:59:41  Show Profile
SO near the end of our first season I go down to the boat...around Oct1...and find it sitting on its keel leaning up against the dock.
It seems the water level dropped about a foot...the another 6 incheses a few weeks later. This ended the season for me because I could no longer get out of the marina. Took allot of wiggling to get in out of the slip too.

People I bitched to started taking about tides and winds affecting water levels.

Did any body else notice this major drop?
Is this a common end-of-season occurrence?

-Pete
Peter Keddie
Turkey Point, ON
79 Catalina 25 Fixed Keel #1050
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/26/2008 :  12:10:23  Show Profile
I don't know anything about Lake Erie, but Canyon Lake is at a historic low 10' below datum, and we have old cypress trees sticking out of the water all over the place - and some just under the surface
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 10/26/2008 :  13:47:03  Show Profile
Yes Pete, it is a common occurence for Lake Erie water levels to drop this time of year. I pulled out a little early this year because water levels were starting to look iffy.

As for weather driven water levels, Lake Erie is in for a nice swing in the next day or so.

[url="http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=e&ext=wl1d&type=F&hr=00"]Lake Erie Water Level Displacement[/url]

If I were still in, I'd be sitting in the mud.

[url="http://glakesonline.nos.noaa.gov/glin.shtml?station_info=9044020+Gibraltar,+MI"]Gibraltar Water Level[/url]
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sgoodhue
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Response Posted - 10/27/2008 :  14:31:51  Show Profile  Visit sgoodhue's Homepage
When we pulled out on the Chagrin River (central basin) it looks like the lake is down 4-5 feet. Also, depending on the wind direction(east and west) and velocity (>10kts), the lake will rise and fall up to 3 ft due to its shallow nature.
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