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dmpilc
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Initially Posted - 05/20/2010 : 10:51:50

Here's a link to our yacht club site and pictures taken by a member of the flooding:
http://www.ppyc.org/photogallery/flood2010/flood2010.htm

Google Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville to see pictures of the facility before flooding.

DavidP
1975 C-22 SK #5459 "Shadowfax" Fleet 52
PO of 1984 C-25 SK/TR #4142 "Recess"
Percy Priest Yacht Club, Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville, TN

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 05/20/2010 : 11:38:16

It looks like it is within your club's design and doing fine.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/20/2010 : 13:09:07

I sailed on a lake once when the water level was 47 feet above normal. We sailed through the upper-most branches of trees, sticking 2-3 feet out of the water. The floating docks were so widely adjustable, that they remained afloat, undamaged and in use throughout the flood.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/20/2010 : 13:37:25

They did a lot of work at the marina last summer, extending the docks out an extra 15 ft. with a new pivot bridge, re-did the entire anchoring system, and re-did the water service and electrical system. Also, the building was placed at an elevation just inches above the top of the spill gates. Frankly, watching them extend the docks and the anchors, I doubted it would hold up under this much flooding. Also, I was told that the electrical service stayed on the whole time; another surprise. This is the second time I've seen the water this high.
With some help, the marina manager got most of the boats in the storage pen off their trailers and tied up at the docks using a small power boat.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 05/21/2010 : 05:43:49

Hope they got those Force 5's (or whatever the small sailboats are) out of those storage racks quickly.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/21/2010 : 05:48:38

Those are Sunfish boats and belong to the Nashville Sailing Foundation, a non-profit org. that operates our sail camp during the summer. I don't think they ever came out of the racks. There was also a semi trailer back there with sails, life jackets and other camp gear. No telling how much of that will have to be discarded.

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