Marina under water....

jvanick · Posted: May 23, 2004 2:30 pm Post subject: Marina under water....

With all the rain we've been getting in northern illinois, my marina is completely flooded out... I mean the parking lot, everything.

Here's some pics I took today of the mess....

Yes, that is my boat on the lift that's ready to float away, but with the water levels so high I can't even use the ramp to try to get my boat out of there.

Jaybird · Newbie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 40 City: Orlando

water's super high. lots of debree floating around. even worse you can't even use your boat with the no wake restrictions. i definetly do not miss the fox. i used to hate this time of year. i feel for ya. good luck and hopefully that goes down soon.

Tyler~Moore · Posted: May 23, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject:

jvanick, just tie is on tight, and watch for the water level to drop, so your boat doesn land crooked on the lift and mess something up...

cstmgsxr · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 470

that looks like the place i launched from today, i had to go so far back into the water to get my boat off, the water was up to the bottom of my doors, then i had to swim out to the floating dock after i parked my truck...it was fun though!!!!!

Shawn Madison · Posted: May 24, 2004 5:21 am Post subject:

jvanick, I believe I would swim out and get that sucker. Take it home for a bit just for piece of mind.

Wazzy · Addict Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 706 City: Illinois

Damn, I didn't realize it was that bad around here. CRAZY.........

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wkebrd3 · Posted: May 24, 2004 9:18 am Post subject:

Hey J, we gotta go down to the Illinois River this next weekend!!!

I couldn't even ride on my birthday yesterday Crying or Very sad

Anybody else who usually rides on the fox interested in going down to Morris on Saturday?

jvanick · Posted: May 25, 2004 6:37 am Post subject:

we're planning on the recovery operation tomorrow.. we're just going to drive the truck though the water until we get the trailer on the ramp.... the wild thing is having the truck fully in the water too... it'll be quite a sight.. I'll try to get somebody to take pics.

-J

*chris* · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 982

man ...wish you could send some of that water my way. its rained like 2-3 inches in the last few days which has brough the lake up a bit ...but its still prolly a foot or so under what it should be.

NAW · Posted: May 25, 2004 7:11 am Post subject:

It's insane up there. I heard the Des Plaines river will crest on Thursday 12 feet above normal! Shocked

Stay safe out there J.

wakehype · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 460 City: Fresno

That really sucks, I am sorry to hear it. If you are going to be driving the truck in the water, be sure to pop the hood and locate where your engine intakes air that way you know how deep you can go without causing serious damage to your car. Look for the big black air-filter box and trace down its intake! Sucking up water = bad.

Good luck! If I lived in the area I would be glad to help. I think if I saw anyones boat in trouble I would try to save it even if the people were my worst enemys. lol

onthewater · Posted: May 25, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject:

No joke NAW, my aunt lives really close to the river in des plaines and we have been sand bagging for the last three days. The lake we are on up in WI is completely Slow No Wake until further notice due to the extremely high waters. Bummer.

jvanick, i believe you folks to the north have seen the worst. Gurnee has reported the river crested and water is receding. Good luck though.

wkebrd3 · Posted: May 26, 2004 8:34 am Post subject:

NAW.... The river is UP TO 12 feet, which is still almost 4 feet above normal. They are saying the river should be below flood level by sunday, however they are also predicting rain the next few days.

It sucks up here now. EVERYTHING is flooding. What normally is a 40 minute drive home from work (in traffic) took me 2 hours yesterday. All the roads north of where I work are flooded and they're pushing people south. What a nightmare.

WHEN WILL THIS END!!!

andrandre · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 258 City: Toronto

Thats crazy man, just make sure you keep checking up on your boat cause when the water drops you gotta make sure it comes down clean

wkebrd3 · Posted: May 26, 2004 9:53 am Post subject:

All you should do is lower the lift all the way down. When it's completely down, the boat floats, unless the river were to drop 4 feet, which I highly doubt will happen in the next week.

wake_chik · Outlaw Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 218 City: edmonton

wow! we are having the exact opposite problem, the water has dropped so much that we would need another 3 sections of dock to get out there....so in the meantime when the dock ends start wading...

Ruune · Posted: May 26, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:

or build a platform that floats (check my gallery)

jvanick · Posted: May 26, 2004 5:35 pm Post subject:

I picked up the boat today.... we had to drive it across the parking lot to get it on the trailer... if the water keeps coming up, I'll probably go help the marina guys with sandbagging.

-J

wakeboardpro10 · Outlaw Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 218 City: OC

we have the opposite problem in SO*CAL
we dont have enough water Crying or Very sad

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

we have so much water like the people that fish in our canal have to stand like 6 feet back on a hill to fish its ridiculous and we have like a low bridge for like a highway in our canal and our boat cannot go under it because the water is so high with our tower it sucks