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fatlazyless · 04-10-2005, 09:19 PM

If that piece of flotsum & jetsum is one of the olde all-wood spar markers, it's probably best to call the Marine Patrol. I did just that and they told me they did not want it, I could have it, and they were upgrading to the more visible, longer lasting, lighter weight, pvc spars. One of those olde spar markers is a very large piece of a tree, like maybe 14' long and 10"sq s at its' center, and weighs plenty, like maybe 300lbs or more, when thoroughly soaked but still able to float. I have seen these olde spar markers used as driveway furniture, and cut up into landscape timbers.
Supposedly, these olde spar markers will sink to the bottom when saturated. And , get this part. Surprise surprse, in the early Spring, the cold water temps decrease the negative boyancy of the sunken spar and back up to the suface it floats.......good grief!

04-10-2005, 09:19 PM	#8
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,173 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	...what's the right thing to do? If that piece of flotsum & jetsum is one of the olde all-wood spar markers, it's probably best to call the Marine Patrol. I did just that and they told me they did not want it, I could have it, and they were upgrading to the more visible, longer lasting, lighter weight, pvc spars. One of those olde spar markers is a very large piece of a tree, like maybe 14' long and 10"sq s at its' center, and weighs plenty, like maybe 300lbs or more, when thoroughly soaked but still able to float. I have seen these olde spar markers used as driveway furniture, and cut up into landscape timbers. Supposedly, these olde spar markers will sink to the bottom when saturated. And , get this part. Surprise surprse, in the early Spring, the cold water temps decrease the negative boyancy of the sunken spar and back up to the suface it floats.......good grief!