Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.

True North Wrote in message:
Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.


Why were you hogging the dock? Mighty inconsiderate on your part.
You're lucky the real boaters didn't toss you in and set your
boat adrift.
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John H. wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the
ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.


Most of us do that. Maybe we build better Ramps here.

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 17:10:25 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the
ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.


Most of us do that. Maybe we build better Ramps here.

Shame on you. Although if the ramps extend far enough under water, which most don't, then powering
up shouldn't be a problem.

On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:17:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 17:10:25 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the
ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.


Most of us do that. Maybe we build better Ramps here.

Shame on you. Although if the ramps extend far enough under water, which most don't, then powering
up shouldn't be a problem.

That is not really true. When we rebuilt our ramp we actually extended
it 12' farther than what the builder recommended (pavement is 5' deep
at the end at dead low tide, 35' from the water's edge) and the end is
still blown out. We are still debating about what to do but my
suggestion is to fill the hole with bowling ball sized rip rap stone,
When you power load, the water will follow the ramp, no matter how
long it is and wash out the end. My thinking is the rip rap will break
up that flow. Our previous ramp had about 80 bags of concrete placed
down there dry and allowed to cure. That seemed to mitigate the blow
out problem.

On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:10:27 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:17:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 17:10:25 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the
ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.


Most of us do that. Maybe we build better Ramps here.

Shame on you. Although if the ramps extend far enough under water, which most don't, then powering
up shouldn't be a problem.

That is not really true. When we rebuilt our ramp we actually extended
it 12' farther than what the builder recommended (pavement is 5' deep
at the end at dead low tide, 35' from the water's edge) and the end is
still blown out. We are still debating about what to do but my
suggestion is to fill the hole with bowling ball sized rip rap stone,
When you power load, the water will follow the ramp, no matter how
long it is and wash out the end. My thinking is the rip rap will break
up that flow. Our previous ramp had about 80 bags of concrete placed
down there dry and allowed to cure. That seemed to mitigate the blow
out problem.

Then your ramp didn't extend far enough into the water to prevent scouring. Granted, a ridiculously
long ramp might be necessary, but eventually the force of the water has to subside. Rip rap would
help, or maybe a big upright lip at the end of the concrete ramp to change the flow direction.

Here they put up signs on the ramps. It helps, but there's always some assholes who can't read - or
are just too lazy to use their winch.

justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.


Why were you hogging the dock? Mighty inconsiderate on your part.
You're lucky the real boaters didn't toss you in and set your
boat adrift.

Why did he not wait and boat for another hour? Avoid the rush.

On 10/1/2018 1:10 PM, Bill wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the
ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.


Most of us do that. Maybe we build better Ramps here.


When I was a kid when my family spent summers in a cottage on a small
lake we had a yearly ritual of raking the "muck" off the bottom of the
swimming area. The "muck" was just leaves, twigs and small branches
that settled on the bottom during the winter. Nobody liked walking in
it in the shallow area near shore so we used to rake it all out.

We also had a raft that we swam to and dived of off that was about 40-50
feet from the shore in about 12' of water. It was well
anchored with 2 concrete mooring blocks.

One year, after I got my little Sears 12' aluminum boat with a 5 hp
Johnson we tied a long line around the rear seat of the boat and tied
the other end to the raft.

I'd then approach the shore bow first with the boat, letting out line
until the prop was close to hitting bottom. I'd then start sweeping
back and forth in the swimming area by moving the engine tiller back and
forth with the boat held in place by the line attached to the raft. The
prop wash would push the leaves and crap out into deeper water. Then
I'd shorten up the line so the boat was a little further from the shore
and repeat. It worked well. The shallow areas were now pretty clean, no
"muck", just a nice, sandy bottom.

On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:18:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:10:27 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:17:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 17:10:25 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:59:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to
Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and
boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats
registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the
fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to
about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local
standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from
position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I
didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface
was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked
up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have
been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was
hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient
recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would
jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else
do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their
trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This
wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet
or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge
which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission
accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.

Powering a boat up onto the trailer scours the lake bed at the end of the
ramp. You'd think the
idiots up there would know better. I hope you don't do the same. Scouring is bad anytime.


Most of us do that. Maybe we build better Ramps here.

Shame on you. Although if the ramps extend far enough under water, which most don't, then powering
up shouldn't be a problem.

That is not really true. When we rebuilt our ramp we actually extended
it 12' farther than what the builder recommended (pavement is 5' deep
at the end at dead low tide, 35' from the water's edge) and the end is
still blown out. We are still debating about what to do but my
suggestion is to fill the hole with bowling ball sized rip rap stone,
When you power load, the water will follow the ramp, no matter how
long it is and wash out the end. My thinking is the rip rap will break
up that flow. Our previous ramp had about 80 bags of concrete placed
down there dry and allowed to cure. That seemed to mitigate the blow
out problem.

Then your ramp didn't extend far enough into the water to prevent scouring. Granted, a ridiculously
long ramp might be necessary, but eventually the force of the water has to subside. Rip rap would
help, or maybe a big upright lip at the end of the concrete ramp to change the flow direction.

Here they put up signs on the ramps. It helps, but there's always some assholes who can't read - or
are just too lazy to use their winch.

We have a ridiculously long ramp and it still blows out. That just
ends up being the perfect chute for the water. That is why I think the
rip rap works. It breaks up the flow.
Right now they aren't doing anything because I am the only one who
really understands the problem and nobody believes me. I may have to
take my Hookah and my Go Pro down there and make a movie.