Forum: General Discussion
10-08-2022, 10:03 PM
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Scope Affects Effectiveness, Doesn't It?
Thanks, codeman671...wish we'd thought of it. Even a stationary crane would have been very helpful in the 67 years we've boated from the same cottage on Winter Harbor. :)
Thankfully, the two...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-01-2022, 07:58 AM
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That's a "Very Concentrated" 2000#...
Within 50-feet of a dock with "Ice-Eaters", a 2,000# block might just fall through that thinner ice in minutes!
Certainly safer than sledding--in darkness--near pressure-ridges that Lake...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-25-2022, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 24
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Operate Sleds at a Prudent Distance...
A heavy mooring block, warmed by the sun, would slowly sink through the ice. Freshly skidded to its permitted location, it would initially present a nasty, but shrinking, hazard--starting at about...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-22-2022, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,037
Float-Chasing Gets Old...
It's the weight suggested by a local float lessor.
Based on the number of rented floats drifting past here in strong winds, he should have the correct point of view as to weight. ;)
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Forum: General Discussion
09-20-2022, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 24
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Mooring Help Needed...
A friend needs a 2250# mooring block taken off his truck and transported to about 60 feet offshore off Wolfeboro Neck.
Firms he's successfully contacted when in Wolfeboro, are not answering their...
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