" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
Our marina is on the Vermilion River in Vermilion, Ohio. It has started
to
flood due to the excessive rain we have had over the past 3 days.

These pictures were taken this morning:

http://tinyurl.com/r4orv (Our dock and boat)

http://tinyurl.com/mcx96
http://tinyurl.com/mmvbr (Fixed docks at our marina)

http://tinyurl.com/p2c37 (travel lift area, water up to sea wall)

http://tinyurl.com/rk8ce (fixed docks, water past sea wall)

http://tinyurl.com/q3zfj (floating docks at an adjoining marina)

http://tinyurl.com/h6vgb (public boat launch ramps damaged from the
strong
current and high water)

http://tinyurl.com/j2yha (water on the river up to the sea wall, normal
level is 4 feet below)

http://tinyurl.com/zvd5e (one house on the river)

The water level is expected to crest sometime later today. Our marina
has
been on top of things all night and all day, checking the boats and
adjusting dock lines when needed. Being the worry wart that I am I will
be
probably be back later today to check the boat again.


Good luck. Hope you get through this without any damage to your boat.

I noticed you are basically relying on a breast tie in the photo of
your boat at the float. That works OK as long as you are tied to a
float, but it looks like the landward end of your float is restricted
in its ability to rise and fall with the river level. You might
experiment with relying on a crossed pair of severe spring lines if
that float isn't going to rise and fall at the same rate as your boat,
but on the other hand it looks like you're "only" dealing with a few
feet or so- not like one of our 12-15 foot typical tide changes here in
the Pac NW.


I have a bow line, stern line and spring line running from the 2nd last
post on the fingerdock to the cleat on the starboard stern. There is no
cleat midship. I raised the line on the post holding the bow line to
allow for some more slack. I believe I should be OK with this
arrangement.

This is a floating dock and it rose above the top of post holding the back
(floating) end of the dock in place but allowing for it to rise and fall.
The marina brought in a crane and repositioned the back end of the dock so
it was once again attached to that rear post. The downside is that they
clamped the top end of the post, therefore not allowing for it to rise
past the clamp. If the water continues to rise I will no longer have a
floating dock as the back end is pegged to a maximum height.

http://tinyurl.com/qr27j

Either my friend (who has a boat down the river at another marina) will
stop by later today to check our boat, or I will be making another trip
down there.

These marina's on the Great Lakes are not set up to handle sudden and
large fluctuations in the water level as we obviously do not have tides.


Got a call from our friend. Everything is fine.

Thanks to all here for being concerned..............or not.

BTW: A sincere thank you to Chuck Gould. You again proved yourself to be
the gold nugget of the NG. Thanks for being concerned and your advice
Chuck. ;-)