New to the lake

[DickR]

Originally Posted by NHskier

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I got into the habit of checking the state website showing dam output as a way to gauge the current. Wide open, which is in the 1800 cfm range, means the channel is running very fast..

Has anyone determined the channel cross section area at various places? That would let us divide flow by area to approximate current speed at those places.

OP: there have been discussions on this forum about definition of "headway speed" as it relates to boat operation within 150 ft of anything. At times, proceeding north through the Weirs channel can't be done at idle speed, as current speed is greater than what normally would be "headway speed."