I'll just leave this here
11-25-2014 | 06:28 AM
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11-25-2014 | 07:17 AM
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I can safely say, it is most definitely not the Marina that left it in. I believe that is them trying to get it out though. I have kept my boat there and have several friends that do. All boats to be out by oct 15th if I remember correctly. Belle maer is a top notch marina. Some rumors are that the guy stopped paying and walked away from it all. I can not confirm that though.
11-25-2014 | 08:02 AM
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As for this particular fool, words fail me. Tie the boat securely, put in in forward at idle speed. Let the prop clear out the ice just like a Dock Bubbler. Then ease the boat back, swing it around and slowly creep forward letting the hull ride up & over, then break the ice. It'll still be tough on the prop, but less destructive than this technique.
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11-25-2014 | 08:29 AM
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I have seen that done, very effective on the ice but will move a bunch of dirt also, not going to be popular with the marina.
11-25-2014 | 12:58 PM
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, not so freakin' good when the boat it running into it 
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11-25-2014 | 01:06 PM
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Maybe, but not always. We have a number of folks who would stay in until hell froze over - if we let them. At our marina, you're out by November 15th whether you want to be or not. (It's in the Dock Contract.) Sure there's the possible problems with the engine not being winterized and stuff cracking. One could say that's the customer's problem. But if the boat does get frozen in the ice and sinks, the DEC will come down hard on everyone in sight - including the marina. That's why we mandate that everyone be out in plenty of time.
As for this particular fool, words fail me. Tie the boat securely, put in in forward at idle speed. Let the prop clear out the ice just like a Dock Bubbler. Then ease the boat back, swing it around and slowly creep forward letting the hull ride up & over, then break the ice. It'll still be tough on the prop, but less destructive than this technique.
As for this particular fool, words fail me. Tie the boat securely, put in in forward at idle speed. Let the prop clear out the ice just like a Dock Bubbler. Then ease the boat back, swing it around and slowly creep forward letting the hull ride up & over, then break the ice. It'll still be tough on the prop, but less destructive than this technique.
11-25-2014 | 01:14 PM
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WThis summer someone called 911 from a satellite phone claiming to be a wounded Russian sailor trapped in a warehouse at an unknown location near the Detroit River. By the looks of the warehouse in the video and that tender being piloted, I'm guessing the poor fella got himself bandaged up and walked out only to find a temperature drop. Poor Ruskies can't catch a break these days!
