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NavGirl316 · 07-02-2008, 12:40 PM

We live on a pretty busy part of the lake, and our boat is on a lift because of all the wave action...as everyone knows, the water level has come up over the past couple of weeks. There's about 4 inches of space between the surface of the water and the "bunks" (the long arms of the lift that the boat actually sits on)...last year (before we had the lift), the waves on the night of the 4th of July fireworks were so huge that they were literally washing up over the breakwater onto our lawn (a height of 3 or so feet), because of all the boat traffic traveling to and from the fireworks.

My question is this:

Am I right to be concerned that the force and size of these huge waves crashing over and over for hours on the night of the fireworks could actually be strong enough to push the boat right off the lift? The boat weighs 3600 lbs.

07-02-2008, 12:40 PM	#1
NavGirl316 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Is My Boat Lift any Match for the Fireworks Crowd? We live on a pretty busy part of the lake, and our boat is on a lift because of all the wave action...as everyone knows, the water level has come up over the past couple of weeks. There's about 4 inches of space between the surface of the water and the "bunks" (the long arms of the lift that the boat actually sits on)...last year (before we had the lift), the waves on the night of the 4th of July fireworks were so huge that they were literally washing up over the breakwater onto our lawn (a height of 3 or so feet), because of all the boat traffic traveling to and from the fireworks. My question is this: Am I right to be concerned that the force and size of these huge waves crashing over and over for hours on the night of the fireworks could actually be strong enough to push the boat right off the lift? The boat weighs 3600 lbs.