Day 186 - 179 Days to go
Base Camp Coffee of the Day: "Stuck on the Lake" (a temporary re-name of our "Lost on the Lake" coffee)
An interesting bit of drama unfolded out on the lake today not far from the resort. Close enough to watch the whole thing. About 2pm, my phone started blowing up with calls concerning a stranded and distressed boat out on the lake. Sure enough, just downstream from us, lodged in the mud below the fishing island, was a pontoon boat listing badly to one side. The occupants were all in the water (or more correctly, standing stuck in the mud themselves unable to move) They were pleading for someone to come and rescue them. Unfortunately, the low water had all of our boats as well as Joe's boats also stuck in the mud right in their dock stalls. The folks weren't in any real danger, but I'm sure they were quite stressed out over it. Local law enforcement and rescue all arrived and essentially couldn't do anything either. Before long a bass boat came down the lake, saw their plight and carried them to safety.
He then towed the damaged boat to the island where the owner continued to pull it to the ramp through the low water. Once on the trailer the damage could be seen. They knew they hit something on the lake. It turned out to be a stump that was normally deep enough to not be an issue. In the lower water, the stump was close enough to the surface to be a hazard. Hitting it, caved in the port side pontoon log near a weld which split open allowing the cavity to fill with water. they tried to make it back to the ramp, but the boat was listing too badly to make it all the way so they tried bringing it ashore on the mud flat (that is also normally deep enough in the water to not be exposed) After a couple hours of rescue and then waiting for the boat trailer to be transported from their launching point down to our city ramp, all was well with the exception of rattled nerves and the need for a pontoon log repair.
The broken gates at the dam downstream continues to claim victims. Both in lost revenue on our boat rentals and gas sales to broken propellers and pontoon logs from hitting things that are normally too deep to worry about.
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| Water pouring out of the damaged pontoon log |
The broken gates at the dam downstream continues to claim victims. Both in lost revenue on our boat rentals and gas sales to broken propellers and pontoon logs from hitting things that are normally too deep to worry about.
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