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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 14:19:49

I read with interest Mark's comments about Cheney Lake in Kansas. In the Mid-70's my bride and I lived in Waco,Tx and were involved in racing a Hobie 16. One of the points regattas was held on Cheney Lake. I hope my memory is correct but I remember that the lake supplies water to the local community so if you flipped over, you had 5 minutes to right the boat or you were disqualified and pulled from the water. No swimming allowed, pollutes the drinking water. The fun started when an alligater was discovered and captured in the lake. When the mayor was asked how he thought the creature had found its way into the lake, it not being in any way a native spieces, his reply was, " Somebody must have flushed it down the toilet." I don't need to discribe the howling laughter that followed. Maybe just an urban leagend?

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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 16:03:20

When we used to sail a Hobie cat one of our games was to try and retrieve floating items of trash we encountered while out in our bay. Never found a pay check!

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 16:57:07

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ed Montague
 In the Mid-70's my bride and I lived in Waco,Tx and were involved in racing a Hobie 16. One of the points regattas was held on Cheney Lake. I remember that the lake supplies water to the local community so if you flipped over, you had 5 minutes to right the boat or you were disqualified and pulled from the water. No swimming allowed, pollutes the drinking water. The fun started when an alligater was discovered and captured in the lake. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
What fun. Yes it is our water supply, (one of them, we also pump the aquifer mercilessly). Swimming is allowed, they were messing with you. Gator? I doubt it, our weather would kill one left any major part of the year. Our lake freezes!
How did the regatta go? I hope you had good wind, and a better time.

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Scotd
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 18:32:02

I will keep my spouse, but how about teenagers that know more than you do.

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Scotd
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 18:36:01

I will keep my spouse, but how about teenagers that know more than you do.

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Doug
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 19:34:52

Here's the solutions for the kids. They'll actually spend hours being towed back there. Way, way, way back there.

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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 22:30:59

Actually, last year a four and a half foot long alligator was captured in a duck pond in a park not far from my home and I live in New York City.

A small child first reported it but naturally she was ignored by her father. After a time, others spotted the beast and it was removed after it removed quite a few of the ducks from the pond.

The word was that it was likely somebody's pet which had grown too large to keep.

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cathluk
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 22:43:56

On the Chesapeake when weekending nothing goes overboard except biodegradable liquids (NOT from the porto-potty!). When cruising (1 week) we've tossed apple cores & meat trimmings overboard, but NEVER soda cans or any other type of trash. Well, not intentionally anyway. We have given up a hat, hammer, some hardware and a water bottle up to Neptune over the past 5 years. It's very hard to get a water bottle without a net - got close enough to touch it with the pole 3 times, but never could get it back on the boat. Then there were the coolers/hats/sunglasses we lost on the catamaran & the time we almost lost the car keys was very traumatic! Of course we "rescued" a swim ladder that was floating by one day so that must make up for something.

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John V.
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Response Posted - 02/15/2004 : 10:22:25

I know Arlyn will probably concur with me on this. There are places in the north channel where popular anchorages have been spoiled by the discharge of dish washing stuff. The combination of dish soap and food debris have created an environment where weed growth is really gotten bad. (I think most everyone who cruises knows about the type III sanitary requirments of the Canadian waters of the NC.) The Pool at the end of Baie Fine is choked with weeds and used to be a great place to swim. The thing to do, and I know this may seem like overkill, but when the natural state of the water is crystal clear with 30+ feet of visibility, is to carry the wash bucket ashore, and dump it far enough inshore that the water will perk and be cleansed before it rejoins the lake water. This is a backpacker practice when in pristine wilderness and sailing the north channel or lake superior where the water is clean enough to drink it would be nice to keep it that way. As for what I hurl, I have only been seasick once and that aboard a 60 ft center cockpit in 9 ft seas crossing Lake Huron. The only Thing that goes down the drain is when I brush my teeth and spit in the lav sink.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/15/2004 : 11:32:14

John... first, your account of sailing with Gracie was fanatastic...I enjoyed it immensly.

Your perspective of the sad situation at "The Pool" is accurate. From my perspective, the weeds weren't as bad last year as they were several years ago. This might be because a lot of cruisers are not visiting the pool now that its natural state has been compromised.

I recall Deitrich Glognar telling the forum that no grey water from the galley sink or lav could be discharged on his lake in Austria.

Cruising on pristine waters means a lot of things, including responsibility.

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tinob
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Response Posted - 02/15/2004 : 13:12:36

It's always been a simple item with me...what you bring on the boat you take with you when you leave...OH YOU SAW THE SIGN ON THE STERN RAIL, "PIS TU CELA"...except that of course.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/15/2004 : 13:35:57

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tinob
 It's always been a simple item with me...what you bring on the boat you take with you when you leave...OH YOU SAW THE SIGN ON THE STERN RAIL, "PIS TU CELA"...except that of course.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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Tu Cela
Would that be Latin for down wind?

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