"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote
Tell them to build your ramps properly and the power loading will not
hurt it. Most of our western lakes rise and fall so much that the ramps
are really long and may have another 100-200' under water at times.

Our ramp was built when the dam breached, and therefore, it could be built
as deep as it could be down to the bottom of the original creek. Still,
yesterday, when launching and recovering, we were ten feet past the end of
the concrete, so apparently they did not think the levels would fall past
that. Most ramps can only be built at the lowest of water levels, and if
the impoundment/lake/whatever can't be mechanically lowered, they just
wait until the lowest water level, then add on. But it sits underwater
and deteriorates, and when finally is low enough to use, is usually in bad
shape.

Steve


They built most of the ramps on the lakes before the lakes were filled.
Lake Oroville has to be down about 150' before the main ramp is above the
waterline.