Hitting the Fan for Boaters in Portland

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The news is showing a number of marinas with collapsed roofs on their covered moorage. No idea of the damage, but it doesn't look good at all.

Not a good Christmas for the Columbia River boating community.
 
Wandering Sagebrush":lovd5888 said:
The news is showing a number of marinas with collapsed roofs on their covered moorage. No idea of the damage, but it doesn't look good at all.

Not a good Christmas for the Columbia River boating community.
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I am sorry to hear that. I hope that the damages are minimal and no one gets hurt.
 
We haven't had any problem with heavy snows yet this year here at Lake Shasta in Northern California, but our covered marinas at Bridge Bay are equipped with rooftop sprinkler systems with pumps below to supply warm lake water to melt the snow pack as it forms.

Do they have this feature up in Portland or in most other places where the snow pack can be hazardous?

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
Same thing happen here about 10 years ago when we had a foot of snow, a clear cold day, another foot of snow that transitioned into rain resulting in 24" of water saturate snow. Several million $'s of damage at a few marinas. Sad thing was that it could probably have been easily prevented if 2-4 guys had gotten out and cleared the flat roofs on the places. It really isn't rocket science. At the time, I had a flat roof over and outdoor patio and I got up and shoveled it off twice.
 
Sea Wolf":brlox5w7 said:
We haven't had any problem with heavy snows yet this year here at Lake Shasta in Northern California, but our covered marinas at Bridge Bay are equipped with rooftop sprinkler systems with pumps below to supply warm lake water to melt the snow pack as it forms.

Do they have this feature up in Portland or in most other places where the snow pack can be hazardous?

Joe. :teeth :thup
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Joe,

I have no idea if they are using river water as a sprinkling system. I suspect not, but it sounds like a simple, low cost solution to the problem.

Steve
 
Sea Wolf":gjoqrx68 said:
We haven't had any problem with heavy snows yet this year here at Lake Shasta in Northern California, but our covered marinas at Bridge Bay are equipped with rooftop sprinkler systems with pumps below to supply warm lake water to melt the snow pack as it forms.

Do they have this feature up in Portland or in most other places where the snow pack can be hazardous?

Joe. :teeth :thup
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The temperature of the Columbia River is about 38 degrees. It hasn't been above freezing for a week. If they used that system here at Kalama's covered marina, it would simply add more weight in the form of ice.

-Greg
 
I watched video of the Edmonds collapse in 96 on the tv last night. that was nasty looking. Did any of the boats sink?
 
The covered moorage is a problem in this area when we get heavy snow or ice.

In December 2004 the moorage at Rockypointe went down, sank one boat and damaged Shearwater. Luckily my dock line snapped and the covering tilted as it went under water dumping the snow load then popped back up. I found out that this is considered an "act of god" and the marina insurance is not responsible for any damages

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I see on the news that McCuddys landing had a total collapse of the cover, sank at least one boat and damaged several others.
Other than getting someone on the roof with a shovel there is not much that can be done.
With the wet snow today and possible tomorrow there may be more yet to come.

stevej
 
Just saw that another covered dock in Scappose collapsed.

We're finally above freezing in our part of the Willamette Valley.
 
stevej wrote:

I found out that this is considered an "act of god" and the marina insurance is not responsible for any damages.


Interesting!

Seven Crown Marinas, which operates Bridge Bay Marina here on Shasta Lake, requires that all berth renters carry $300,000 of liability insurance that specifically indemifies THEM against all losses caused by YOU and YOUR BOAT,...etc. (Really just a provision in your own boat insurance policy.)

CYA in action!

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
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