Wow time to cut the lawn On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 9:47 PM Todd Williams via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Wow! I have never seen WEEDS like that. It is a jungle! > > Up here in New York we get marine growth from the lake bottom that reaches > the surface about this time of year. Apparently this weekend we had five > boats that collected enough weeds to foul their propellers and render the > boat inoperable. Two couldn’t coast to the dock and needed to be retrieved > with another vessel. The talk from the wise ones is that this year the > weeds have been the worst ever. > > Some marinas have a device to trim the weeds with a big set of shears like > you would use for a Marines’ crew cut and a conveyer belt to hoist the > cuttings on to a barge. Agricultural runoff pollution is often to blame for > the prolific growth. > > Fun times! > > TODD > Indigo Out We Go > Sodus Bay, NY > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 9:33 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Wild story. Smart solution. >> >> On 09/12/2022 9:15 PM Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Touche's slip is on Bayou Castine on the north shore of Lake >> Pontchartrain. Fairly tropical most of the year. >> >> Monday I went for a nice sail on the lake. Well, nice if you don't count >> the biting flies and love bugs. If you don't know about love bugs, Google >> them. They're disgusting creatures whose only natural enemies are >> Kenworths and Peterbilts. They occur in spring and late summer. >> >> Just out of my slip I saw a 5-7 foot alligator then another about 8-9 >> feet. >> >> The bayou has developed a prolific growth of water weeds. As I came to a >> tight spot in the bayou, the weeds forced Touche' and a Catalina 34 to pass >> close aboard in a narrow section of the bayou. >> >> When I returned to the slip, the weather was deteriorating and I wanted >> to get Touche' tied up before the storm hit. Oh, crap! A large island of >> weeds had drifted across the entrance to Touche's slip. I tried to back up >> to it, grab it with a boat hook and move it out of the way. No luck. The >> storm was approaching fast so I just powered into the slip bow first >> pushing the weeds in with me. The island of weeds wrapped around the bow >> and keel. I normally back in. The dock lines worked and Touche' was >> safely tied up when the storm hit. It was raining hard and I was reluctant >> to get wet to retrieve the shore power cord to fire up the air >> conditioning. All that was missing was for The Rock to show up in his >> Jungle Cruise costume. >> >> During the storm, I sweated and pondered how to clear the weeds. >> Fortunately, the storm killed any wind. I backed out of the slip, motored >> around to the far side of my pier, tied Touche's stern to the pier and used >> the propwash to blow the weeds out of the slip and into the bayou. I could >> then pull back around the pier and back into the slip normally. >> >> The harbormaster said he'd contacted Wildlife and Fisheries to come spray >> the weeds. Estimated 2-3 weeks. What joy! >> >> Here's pictures: >> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qIsKMu82fMUa_zSF_QhDqLjBycwYQCx2?usp=sharing >> >> The one titled "Weeds blown out" shows using the propwash to clear the >> slip. >> >> -- >> Dennis C. >> Touche' 35-1 #83 >> Mandeville, LA >> >> -- Joel Delamirande *www.jdroofing.ca <http://www.jdroofing.ca>*
