Stuck in Back Bay

fatlazyless · 07-16-2019, 06:28 PM

Maybe lower the boat in the water. Just like removing air from the tires on a big truck that's a wee bit too tall to pass underneath a highway bridge; maybe removing the bilge drain plug and lowering the boat by six-12" could do it?

WJT2 · 07-16-2019, 07:44 PM

remove windshield and forward rails.

MIKE RGR · 07-16-2019, 09:27 PM

It looked like we might be able to get under BBB by the weekend and then they
lowered the outflow to 245.

Still hovering at 504.27,,,,about 2 inches too high for me

ApS · 07-17-2019, 02:37 AM

Load the boat to full capacity.

You'll need a crowd.

Maybe free ice cream or free beer will provide incentive?

Descant · 07-17-2019, 10:37 AM

Put three inches of water in the bilge and pump it out when you're under the bridge.

ThePlut · 07-17-2019, 10:56 AM

When I used to keep my boat at Parker Marine, which also has a low bridge issue, my dealer offered the idea of a ballast system, like the wake boats use, to help weigh down the boat to lower it in the water. It would then be pumped out. Because the water fills a container, and has it's own pump, it's safer than just flooding your bilge and just hope the bilge pump works.

It's a thought, and such a system may pay for itself after a couple years of slip rentals. Given the sheer volume of people I see looking for slips these days, I have a feeling prices are only going up for awhile...

camp guy · 07-17-2019, 11:38 AM

Forget about a ballast system, stop worrying about the outflow, ignore the 504.??, just do the simple solution - excavate a deeper channel.

burgerunh · 07-17-2019, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by camp guy

Forget about a ballast system, stop worrying about the outflow, ignore the 504.??, just do the simple solution - excavate a deeper channel.

Excavating a deeper channel is not going to change the static level of the water in the lake or the clearance under the bridge. It will just make a deeper channel.

fatlazyless · 07-17-2019, 12:52 PM

Here's another, faster way to get all the water out of the bilge without using the bilge pump. Remove the drain plug, get moving forward, up on plane, and all the bilge water will quickly exit out the open drain in the stern.

The forward movement of the boat creates a reverse reaction on the water in the bilge so it drains out fast.

You could remove the drain plug in Back Bay, exit under the low bridge, and power forward to empty the bilge ..... and re-install drain plug.

Descant · 07-17-2019, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by burgerunh

Excavating a deeper channel is not going to change the static level of the water in the lake or the clearance under the bridge. It will just make a deeper channel.

Well, Camp Guy, you threw out the hook and caught two so far. ROTF-LMAO.

ApS · 07-17-2019, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by burgerunh

Excavating a deeper channel is not going to change the static level of the water in the lake or the clearance under the bridge. It will just make a deeper channel.

Wolfeboro's Back Bay is part of a river.

Excavating (dredging) a deeper channel would speed up the flow, thereby lowering the river; however, this lowering wouldn't be sufficient to solve the clearance issue being discussed. IMHO.

Woodsy · 07-17-2019, 02:58 PM

Your best long term solution might be to buy a a different boat.... the price of slips is an ever increasing cost....

Woodsy

ApS · 07-18-2019, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Woodsy

Your best long term solution might be to buy a a different boat.... the price of slips is an ever increasing cost....
Woodsy

Finally, I can agree with Woodsy.

Forget catapulting. A short-term "solution" would be to rent a trailer and bypass the bridge.

Give up tubing, stay slipped in Back Bay—change the direction of your boating experience altogether—for the price of a Ford F-150:

More "Affordable" Submarines: https://m.outdoorrevival.com/instant...submarine.html

8gv · 07-18-2019, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ApS

Finally, I can agree with Woodsy.

Forget catapulting. A short-term "solution" would be to rent a trailer and bypass the bridge.

Give up tubing, stay slipped in Back Bay—change the direction of your boating experience altogether—for the price of a Ford F-150:

It is yellow therefore we could all live in it as well.

Wifi-1 · 07-18-2019, 10:54 AM

Great camo for Braun Bay

JEEPONLY · 07-19-2019, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 8gv

It is yellow therefore we could all live in it as well.

Just ask The Beatles!

chris410 · 07-24-2019, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Woodsy

Your best long term solution might be to buy a a different boat.... the price of slips is an ever increasing cost....

Woodsy

Sounds like the most logical answer... To me one of the best perks of owning water front is having your own dock that you can launch your boat from.

brk-lnt · 07-17-2019, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by burgerunh

Excavating a deeper channel is not going to change the static level of the water in the lake or the clearance under the bridge. It will just make a deeper channel.

Well technically that would depend on how deep you dig the channel.
Trench down far enough, and you'll lower the collective water level.
Don't have time to do all the math, but I think if you dug a channel 20' wide, by 1000' long and 900' deep, you'd have somewhere around the equivalent of 1 months outflow.

(of course, the dam is what really regulates the water level, so that excavation would have to happen relatively quickly, and then the lake would fill back up).

Maybe a very high powered turbine that sucks the water out of the back bay and pushes it into the rest of the lake?

Or, we could go the other direction on solving this problem and maybe build a trebuchet that launches the boats up and over the bridge?

Y2K · 07-17-2019, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by brk-lnt

Well technically that would depend on how deep you dig the channel.
Trench down far enough, and you'll lower the collective water level.
Don't have time to do all the math, but I think if you dug a channel 20' wide, by 1000' long and 900' deep, you'd have somewhere around the equivalent of 1 months outflow.

(of course, the dam is what really regulates the water level, so that excavation would have to happen relatively quickly, and then the lake would fill back up).

Maybe a very high powered turbine that sucks the water out of the back bay and pushes it into the rest of the lake?

Or, we could go the other direction on solving this problem and maybe build a trebuchet that launches the boats up and over the bridge?

I think we are missing the obvious answer here. Rebuild the bridge and road higher!

However, would pay much money to see the boat launching trebuchet. Maybe the money from that can pay for the trench and/or new bridge....

ishoot308 · 07-17-2019, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by camp guy

Forget about a ballast system, stop worrying about the outflow, ignore the 504.??, just do the simple solution - excavate a deeper channel.

Hmmm...interesting math your using there.

07-16-2019, 06:28 PM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,922 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 306 Thanked 1,054 Times in 767 Posts	Maybe lower the boat in the water. Just like removing air from the tires on a big truck that's a wee bit too tall to pass underneath a highway bridge; maybe removing the bilge drain plug and lowering the boat by six-12" could do it? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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MIKE RGR Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 26 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Stuck also It looked like we might be able to get under BBB by the weekend and then they lowered the outflow to 245. Still hovering at 504.27,,,,about 2 inches too high for me

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ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,031 Thanks: 2,279 Thanked 787 Times in 563 Posts	Free Beer? Load the boat to full capacity. You'll need a crowd. Maybe free ice cream or free beer will provide incentive? __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

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Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,472 Thanks: 1,385 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Add weight? Put three inches of water in the bilge and pump it out when you're under the bridge.

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ThePlut Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 150 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts	Ballast system When I used to keep my boat at Parker Marine, which also has a low bridge issue, my dealer offered the idea of a ballast system, like the wake boats use, to help weigh down the boat to lower it in the water. It would then be pumped out. Because the water fills a container, and has it's own pump, it's safer than just flooding your bilge and just hope the bilge pump works. It's a thought, and such a system may pay for itself after a couple years of slip rentals. Given the sheer volume of people I see looking for slips these days, I have a feeling prices are only going up for awhile...

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camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,205 Thanks: 309 Thanked 535 Times in 299 Posts	Stuck in Back Bay Forget about a ballast system, stop worrying about the outflow, ignore the 504.??, just do the simple solution - excavate a deeper channel.

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07-17-2019, 12:52 PM	#9
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,922 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 306 Thanked 1,054 Times in 767 Posts	Here's another, faster way to get all the water out of the bilge without using the bilge pump. Remove the drain plug, get moving forward, up on plane, and all the bilge water will quickly exit out the open drain in the stern. The forward movement of the boat creates a reverse reaction on the water in the bilge so it drains out fast. You could remove the drain plug in Back Bay, exit under the low bridge, and power forward to empty the bilge ..... and re-install drain plug. __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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