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dmpilc
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Initially Posted - 05/11/2009 : 10:06:51

Aside from our daughter's graduation from graduate school later this week, looks like sailing is being made a bit more difficult for us for a little while. With all the rain we've had this spring, a surge last week in water levels has put the pier going out to the floating docks at our marina under about 4 ft of water. We're currently at 497.3 ft. above mean sea level, which is 7 ft above full summer pool (490 ft.).
The good news is that Lake Lanier is filling back up. After 2 years of extreme low water levels, I saw that they are less than 6 ft. short of their summer pool. Hurray!
Hopefully today, a skiff will be set up with a loop line to ferry people out to their boats.

DavidP
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Percy Priest Yacht Club, Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville, TN

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/11/2009 : 10:44:23

Took pics yesterday. I'll try to post them later today. The admiral is off with the camera to a friend's farm to see 2 newborn ponies. She breeds Welsh ponies and is reportedly the #2 breeder in the country for that breed.

Here's two pics from the marina website. The water right now is about half way up the handrail, say between the 3rd and 4th step going up to the landing. I'll post my own pics later.

The dinghys on the shore belong to the Vanderbilt university Sailing club. Last week they were parked down the shore, and Friday I rescued one from across the creek, still attached to its roll-around cradle.

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Response Posted - 05/11/2009 : 11:39:53

Woo Hooo... Lanier is up. I finally got to move closer in, as the end of the dock was getting closer. We had a "Wind Event" that downed 40 trees in the marina, and took a finger off the end of my dock. 4 boats are no longer out there, (everyone says look down) and I lost 2 lines and broke a snubber, and some minor stuff, no real damage. Thank Goodness for 1/2 inch dock lines!! I double up my lines, always have, always will.

Sorry about the swim, but How Refreshing! You need the Dock Dingy.

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Response Posted - 05/11/2009 : 13:13:21

Ride the ponies to the boat.

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Response Posted - 05/18/2009 : 11:44:29

Here are the pics I promised. Sorry it took so long. At peak, the water made it almost up to the top of the railing. All 4 spill gates have been open for a while and the water level is back down below the pier/ramp. Back from graduation, our daughter and I went for a short sail today, reefed main and working jib, clear sky and winds 6-12. I wish we could have stayed out all day. It was delightful.

At peak, the water came up about 6 more inches this time. Its worst was almost 20 years ago when the water was lapping up against the porch floor joists. That year it almost went over the top of the spill gates at the dam.

Cats tied up to posts along the shore:

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Response Posted - 05/19/2009 : 03:33:40

Arrrrhh... Did you walk the rail?

You didn't need a dingy, you needed a balance pole.

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Response Posted - 05/19/2009 : 03:35:18

Arrrrhh... Did you walk the rail?

You didn't need a dingy, you needed a balance pole.

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Response Posted - 05/19/2009 : 05:20:36

Usually when this happens (almost once every year for a few days only), the marina manager sets up an aluminum fishing boat tied to the dock and shore for ferrying out to the docks. He didn't get it set up in time this year, so we just waited or waded!
On our trip to St. Louis, all of the gates at Kentucky Lake dam were open Thursday and all but 2 were still open Sunday. At peak, they were dumping over 200,000 cu. ft. per second. Saw lots of flooding along the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Ohio rivers. The Mississippi was near flood stage also. Yesterday all 4 gates at our lake were open again - 8800 cu. ft. per sec. Sure wish there was a way to get some of that water to Lake Lanier!

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