ramp at the Libby...

Rangervx · 10-13-2016, 06:34 AM

just got up from VA...lowest level I can remember in decades...i usually put in (bass boat=easy to mess with equipment ) at the libby as i'm in Winter Harbor...anyone know what that's like or used recently...??? thanks in advance

also wondering how my mooring whips will perform with all the extra line down to the boat with low level...???

tis · 10-13-2016, 06:44 AM

It is very low. Obviously.

upthesaukee · 10-13-2016, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Rangervx

just got up from VA...lowest level I can remember in decades...i usually put in (bass boat=easy to mess with equipment ) at the libby as i'm in Winter Harbor...anyone know what that's like or used recently...??? thanks in advance

also wondering how my mooring whips will perform with all the extra line down to the boat with low level...???

I adjusted the length of my dock whip lines twice during the summer, so that the tensioners could do the final adjusting. Also adjusted the dock lines and the spring line in early August. For a "visual" on how much the lake has dropped, when we pulled the 60' dock last Saturday, at the end of the dock, which was chest deep when we put the dock in, was only knee deep when taking it out (I'm 6 ft tall). That was impressive to us while taking out the dock.

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SAB1 · 10-13-2016, 08:20 AM

The water is certainly low and I didnt stop to look at the ramp last weekend but there were plenty of boats using it. Boats were also using the 19 mile bay ramp but that one is very shallow and your trailer tires will go of the end of the cement ramp.

BenLasher · 10-13-2016, 11:57 AM

I used the Libby ramp last Sunday to pull out my 22' ski boat. It was fine. Trailer wheels still on the ramp. It will be fine for a bass boat.

Rangervx · 10-13-2016, 04:21 PM

Lasher....you're awesome dude...thanks for the first-hand knowledge...

ApS · 10-14-2016, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BenLasher

I used the Libby ramp last Sunday to pull out my 22' ski boat. It was fine. Trailer wheels still on the ramp. It will be fine for a bass boat.

A friend had trouble pulling his airboat out from a Florida ramp infamously known for "power-loading". So he bought a pickup truck with massive Cummins-diesel torque.

The next time he got his airboat out OK, but left his tires (and axle!) back at the ramp!

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tis · 10-14-2016, 06:56 AM

My sil pulled his boat a week ago there and it was tricky but they were able to do it. Just be careful. As I said it is very low.

10-13-2016, 06:34 AM	#1
Rangervx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: VIRGINIA / WINTER HARBOR Posts: 82 Thanks: 28 Thanked 28 Times in 15 Posts	ramp at the Libby... just got up from VA...lowest level I can remember in decades...i usually put in (bass boat=easy to mess with equipment ) at the libby as i'm in Winter Harbor...anyone know what that's like or used recently...??? thanks in advance also wondering how my mooring whips will perform with all the extra line down to the boat with low level...???

10-13-2016, 11:57 AM	#5
BenLasher Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norfolk, MA and Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Libby Ramp OK I used the Libby ramp last Sunday to pull out my 22' ski boat. It was fine. Trailer wheels still on the ramp. It will be fine for a bass boat.

10-13-2016, 06:44 AM	#2
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,733 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	It is very low. Obviously.

10-13-2016, 08:20 AM	#4
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,230 Thanks: 190 Thanked 320 Times in 235 Posts	The water is certainly low and I didnt stop to look at the ramp last weekend but there were plenty of boats using it. Boats were also using the 19 mile bay ramp but that one is very shallow and your trailer tires will go of the end of the cement ramp.

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10-13-2016, 04:21 PM	#6
Rangervx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: VIRGINIA / WINTER HARBOR Posts: 82 Thanks: 28 Thanked 28 Times in 15 Posts	Lasher....you're awesome dude...thanks for the first-hand knowledge...

10-14-2016, 06:56 AM	#8
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,733 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	My sil pulled his boat a week ago there and it was tricky but they were able to do it. Just be careful. As I said it is very low.