Well I just went down and looked at the Evanston, IL boat launch ramp over the weekend - the only one nearby my house and the one for which I've ALREADY forked over $300+ for my season pass. How demorilizing: the water levels seem even lower this year than last. They are all prepared to dredge it out and have the heavy equipment there and all, but right at the moment it doesn't look good for getting on the water any time soon. Certainly not in April, I'm guessing. Will the Great Lakes water levels keep dropping forever? They are already close to two feet below average and a foot below chart datum. Anybody else on the Great Lakes having a problem with this? -- Steve McClellan 1981 M15 #152 stevemc35@attbi.com
Steve, I'm a Michigan sailor: I've heard that Lake Michigan levels are actually supposed to be "up" 9 inches this year. I'd like to know whether what I've heard is true, but don't know where to go to confirm such facts. Old-timers tell me the high-levels we enjoyed five years ago were the anomaly (???). --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <stevemc35@attbi.com> To: "MBoat List" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Well I just went down and looked at the Evanston, IL boat launch ramp over the weekend - the only one nearby my house and the one for which I've ALREADY forked over $300+ for my season pass. How demorilizing: the water levels seem even lower this year than last. They are all prepared to dredge it out and have the heavy equipment there and all, but right at the moment it doesn't look good for getting on the water any time soon. Certainly not in April, I'm guessing. Will the Great Lakes water levels keep dropping forever? They are already close to two feet below average and a foot below chart datum. Anybody else on the Great Lakes having a problem with this? -- Steve McClellan 1981 M15 #152 stevemc35@attbi.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Steve, I'm a Michigan sailor: I've heard that Lake Michigan levels are actually supposed to be "up" 9 inches this year. I'd like to know whether what I've heard is true, but don't know where to go to confirm such facts. Old-timers tell me the high-levels we enjoyed five years ago were the anomaly (???). --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <stevemc35@attbi.com> To: "MBoat List" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Well I just went down and looked at the Evanston, IL boat launch ramp over the weekend - the only one nearby my house and the one for which I've ALREADY forked over $300+ for my season pass. How demorilizing: the water levels seem even lower this year than last. They are all prepared to dredge it out and have the heavy equipment there and all, but right at the moment it doesn't look good for getting on the water any time soon. Certainly not in April, I'm guessing. Will the Great Lakes water levels keep dropping forever? They are already close to two feet below average and a foot below chart datum. Anybody else on the Great Lakes having a problem with this? -- Steve McClellan 1981 M15 #152 stevemc35@attbi.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Craig, An article in the May issue of Soundings reports that predicted summer levels will be above July 2001 by the following amounts: Superior - even Huron & Michigan +9 inches St. Clair +4 inches Erie +7 inches Ontario +6 inches Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Honshells Sent: April 09, 2002 9:04 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Steve, I'm a Michigan sailor: I've heard that Lake Michigan levels are actually supposed to be "up" 9 inches this year. I'd like to know whether what I've heard is true, but don't know where to go to confirm such facts. Old-timers tell me the high-levels we enjoyed five years ago were the anomaly (???). --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <stevemc35@attbi.com> To: "MBoat List" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Well I just went down and looked at the Evanston, IL boat launch ramp over the weekend - the only one nearby my house and the one for which I've ALREADY forked over $300+ for my season pass. How demorilizing: the water levels seem even lower this year than last. They are all prepared to dredge it out and have the heavy equipment there and all, but right at the moment it doesn't look good for getting on the water any time soon. Certainly not in April, I'm guessing. Will the Great Lakes water levels keep dropping forever? They are already close to two feet below average and a foot below chart datum. Anybody else on the Great Lakes having a problem with this? -- Steve McClellan 1981 M15 #152 stevemc35@attbi.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Hmmmmm . . . Lakes Michigan and Huron are up 9 inches and my M17 has a 1' 9" draft . . . Kismet? Thanks for the info, Bill! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Riker" <wriker@mindspring.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Craig, An article in the May issue of Soundings reports that predicted summer levels will be above July 2001 by the following amounts: Superior - even Huron & Michigan +9 inches St. Clair +4 inches Erie +7 inches Ontario +6 inches Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Honshells Sent: April 09, 2002 9:04 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Steve, I'm a Michigan sailor: I've heard that Lake Michigan levels are actually supposed to be "up" 9 inches this year. I'd like to know whether what I've heard is true, but don't know where to go to confirm such facts. Old-timers tell me the high-levels we enjoyed five years ago were the anomaly (???). --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <stevemc35@attbi.com> To: "MBoat List" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: M_Boats: Great Lakes water levels Well I just went down and looked at the Evanston, IL boat launch ramp over the weekend - the only one nearby my house and the one for which I've ALREADY forked over $300+ for my season pass. How demorilizing: the water levels seem even lower this year than last. They are all prepared to dredge it out and have the heavy equipment there and all, but right at the moment it doesn't look good for getting on the water any time soon. Certainly not in April, I'm guessing. Will the Great Lakes water levels keep dropping forever? They are already close to two feet below average and a foot below chart datum. Anybody else on the Great Lakes having a problem with this? -- Steve McClellan 1981 M15 #152 stevemc35@attbi.com
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