All predictions are for it to get worse before getting better.
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I saw many smaller boats on trailers and have heard that the yard at Aqualand is almost at full capacity. I don't know how far out the fuel lines and pump out lines can go if that dock has to be moved out further. The marina has put at least 30 mooring balls out in deeper water with plans to move boats out as needed. I am very lucky to have 26 ft under my 3'10" keel (Catalina 30) and a clean shot out of my fairway to the "lake". My slip is at Sunrise Cove (one dock over from Bob). But for now we know its just a matter of precipitation and drought cycles. I have to wonder how the insurance companies would view this if boats by the number began to settle in the muck? Act of god? Man-made disaster? Ļob Lake Texoma, heh? Of course it was an insane idea that would cost as much as the Apollo space program! Lots of imagination in getting this resolved. Ļy the way one suggestion in the paper today was to trench and set pipe along the Colonial Pipeline coming from Texas and take all that extra water you folks have and send it our way. Plenty of water for all if it rained for "forty days and forty nights". Well Jack, looks like that storm in the Bahamas will not even get close to Georgia to wet us down, so the hurricane season provided nothing for north Georgia. I doubt that Lanier could ever get too much rain! Its dam controlled and least we forget that the small but powerful Chattahoochee River that flows from Lanier feeds several cities (Columbus and LaGrange for example) as well cooling water for coal fired power plants and our loving and precious endangered mussels and Bay Sturgeons in the Appalachacola basin in Florida. Sounds desparate and the reality is simply, ITS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER! Got any water to send down? Ļob
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Its painful. So I stay at my dock, keep an ear on the depressing news of more drought and wonder what a dried lake would look like with 23,000 boats aground! Afterall, where is there to go? My prediction is that based on the lowering level (1-foot plus per week now) the marina owners will have no choice but to get everyone out in deeper water over time, even if that means rafting dozens of vessels together on one mooring as a last ditch effort til the rains come and provide some relief. I check out my boat every weekend and see differnces in water depth each time. Its a risk to go anywhere as tree stumps, mud ridges and even concrete can stop you dead in your tracks and then who will rescue you? Boat US and Seatow operate on the lake, but the wise mariner will not venture out these days for fear of grounding or sinking. Based on current water level drop rates I would have months (5-6) of water left to keep me afloat however, the passageway out to open water from my dock is closing as a ridge will appear soon and any chance of getting to Aqualand or Holiday Marina for a haul out is like going through a landmine in a War zone! I will assume that the lifts at Aqualand and Holiday will be shutting down soon based on shallowing at the takeout locations. I guess I am lucky to be in a deeper mountain valley. Presently, I have 36.9 feet of water under my keel. I have a Catalina 30 (winged keel - 3'10" draft) at Sunrise Cove Marina north of Aqualand.
As the water recedes everyone is in jeopardy. Thats pretty much the picture at Lanier these days. The sailboats here appear to be in the 20-25 foot range. He knows just about every where to put a boat in at these lakes.Hey Ron. If you go to the docks in the rear of Aqualand, dozens if not hundred of boats are being blocked by a ridge encircling the docks with barely enough room to escape. I can send you the number of the guy who moved mine and alot of other boats to the GA and SC area. I have friends that lived and had businesses over there, if you have any questions ask me and I will try to get them answered for you. We didn't have to remove props or rudders. I took it all apart and put them on the aft beds. When we transported our tri cabin fron NC to SC the only thing I needed to do was remove the windshield. The lake is run by Army Corp Of Engineers always a pain in the butt. We just where down 15', but recent rain and we are 9.5 down. A few years back it went down around 20' and some of the marinas were bone dry! Same goes on at our lake here.
Make sure you ask about how far down the lake can go down before they have a problem. One thing you need to watch out for is lake water levels. I haven't been there but everyone talks alot about Holiday. There is Holiday marina and Aqualand marina and couple more. We are on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, SC, about 1.5 hr from Lanier.
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