docks collapse under the snow

http://di-vo.net/diozarks/

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 12/7/2006 3:38 PM, Chad wrote:
docks collapse under the snow

http://di-vo.net/diozarks/


Those sure are lightly built covered docks.

I am not sure I believe what I think I see. Are those floating docks? They
appear to be.
What happens under normal circumstances if a boat goes by and leaves a bit
of a wake?
Does the top bend and give?

Weird.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 12/7/2006 3:38 PM, Chad wrote:
docks collapse under the snow

http://di-vo.net/diozarks/

Those sure are lightly built covered docks.

I am not sure I believe what I think I see. Are those floating docks? They
appear to be.
What happens under normal circumstances if a boat goes by and leaves a bit
of a wake?
Does the top bend and give?

Weird.

Eisboch



It is the norm to have floating docks on damned lakes.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 12/7/2006 3:38 PM, Chad wrote:
docks collapse under the snow

http://di-vo.net/diozarks/


Those sure are lightly built covered docks.

I am not sure I believe what I think I see. Are those floating docks?
They appear to be.
What happens under normal circumstances if a boat goes by and leaves a bit
of a wake?
Does the top bend and give?

Weird.

Eisboch
I vacation there and yes they are floating docks with most being concrete
floors with encapusilated foam for floatation and some marinas have break
water docks or are in a no wake cove but when a big 45 to 55 cruiser comes
along they will do a rocking and a bobbing

Harry Krause wrote:
On 12/7/2006 3:38 PM, Chad wrote:
docks collapse under the snow

http://di-vo.net/diozarks/




Those sure are lightly built covered docks.

They may well be designed by code. Exceptionally wet snow, with more
than normal amounts will make a roof structure fail.

"Chad" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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I am not sure I believe what I think I see. Are those floating docks?
They appear to be.
What happens under normal circumstances if a boat goes by and leaves a
bit of a wake?
Does the top bend and give?

Weird.

Eisboch


I vacation there and yes they are floating docks with most being concrete
floors with encapusilated foam for floatation and some marinas have break
water docks or are in a no wake cove but when a big 45 to 55 cruiser comes
along they will do a rocking and a bobbing


Are the poles that support the roof attach to the docks? It's hard to tell
in the pictures, but it seems like they might. If so, that roof must do
some major flexing.

Eisboch

I am not sure I believe what I think I see. Are those floating docks?
They appear to be.
What happens under normal circumstances if a boat goes by and leaves a
bit of a wake?
Does the top bend and give?

Weird.

Eisboch


I vacation there and yes they are floating docks with most being concrete
floors with encapusilated foam for floatation and some marinas have break
water docks or are in a no wake cove but when a big 45 to 55 cruiser
comes along they will do a rocking and a bobbing


Are the poles that support the roof attach to the docks? It's hard to
tell in the pictures, but it seems like they might. If so, that roof must
do some major flexing.



Yes, the aluminum floating docks flex a bit. No, it is not a noticeable
amount to the naked eye. No, the "waves" on Lake of the Ozarks are not even
close to the size of ocean waves. The "lake" (dammed river) is barely a mile
wide, surrounded by Ozark hills, and has thousands of miles of shoreline,
mainly in protected coves.

--- Trivia: There are more miles of shoreline at Lake of the Ozarks than
ocean shoreline in the entire lower 48 states.

These docks are glorified aluminum carports on foam (or PVC air chamber)
floats. The large docks are commercial ventures, such as private clubs, who
charge about $100/mo or more for a place to leave your boat when you go back
to the city.

The private docks are usually more substantially built structures, sitting
next to multi-million $ lake homes. They invariably float, since the lake
level regularly fluctuates by up to 10' with the power company's need to
make power, (from the hydroelectric dam which forms the lake) or with any
recent precipitation or lack thereof.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:46:26 GMT, Stanley Barthfarkle penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


--- Trivia: There are more miles of shoreline at Lake of the Ozarks than
ocean shoreline in the entire lower 48 states.


More like urban legend.... there are 1150 miles of shoreline at Lake
of the Ozarks..... check the US map....
http://www.odd.net/historypage.html




Yep. My facts aren't. :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Ozarks

Yep. My facts aren't. :-)

Your facts aren't what... correct? More coastline than CA, I believe, more
than the lower 48? Hardly.

--Mike

"Stanley Barthfarkle" wrote in message
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:46:26 GMT, Stanley Barthfarkle penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


--- Trivia: There are more miles of shoreline at Lake of the Ozarks than
ocean shoreline in the entire lower 48 states.


More like urban legend.... there are 1150 miles of shoreline at Lake
of the Ozarks..... check the US map....
http://www.odd.net/historypage.html




Yep. My facts aren't. :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Ozarks

"Mike" wrote in message
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Yep. My facts aren't. :-)

Your facts aren't what... correct? More coastline than CA, I believe, more
than the lower 48? Hardly.


You are correct. My facts aren't. As in, my facts are not correct. Can't
fool you.