[alberg30] Trailers

[Jack Vanderloo]

Bob,
    Thanks for the details on the trailer, but, excusing my ignorance -
why such a large ball for an empty haul?  A price and weight
confirmation would be appreciated.
    I think the expense of having to pay to haul Aldabi back to Georgian
Bay and the North Channel this year will be the determinant for making
the expenditure.
    Now, why do I get the feeling you're a geologist at UofM?  Thanks
for setting me straight; don't recall where I'd heard about a 12'
average depth.  This business of short chop does remind me of a chap I
met in Tobermory; had done the Port Huron to Mackinaw race some 22 years
in a row and used to delight in watching Eastern seaboard sailors roll
in thinking they'd just whump these fresh-water guys and then invariably
get snookered by the short seas.  From the sounds of it, would  have to
make sailors on Lake Winnipeg master mariners!
Cheers
Jack




Bob Lincoln wrote:

> Jack,
>         I spoke with the builder and he thinks the weight is
> 1700-1800 lbs.  I asked him if a Honda Accord with a
> 150 hp engine could pull it to Ottawa empty and he
> thought it could, as long as you didn't push it.  You
> would have to install a 2 and 5/16" ball.  I'll look
> for my invoices and confirm the exact price, and look
> at the plate this weekend.
>         Lake Winnipeg's average depth is around 35 feet.  The
> east side where the Winnipeg River drains goes down to
> 200 in Precambrian rock, and the narrows between the
> north and south basin is similar.  The bottom is clay.
> The west shore is limestone.  There is a seiching tide
> when the wind blows either from the N or S, and
> depending on velocity and duration can rise 1-3 feet.
> The 1903 chart of Lake Winnipeg was the first
> all-Canadian nautical chart printed and published in
> Canada.
>         I read the Gam piece and can just imagine the short
> chop and the close bottom.  The waves here are similar
> as the lake is oriented NW-SE which are the directions
> of the prevailing winds so things can change quickly.
> Bob Lincoln
> Indigo #590
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Vanderloo [mailto:jvdloo at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:35 PM
> To: alberg30 at egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [alberg30] Trailers
>
> ....
> Do you have any idea of the unloaded weight of the
> trailer?  Specifically, I
> wonder whether whether I could reasonably haul one back
> from Winnipeg to
> Ottawa behind a 150hp Honda Accord.  (My wife's been
> looking for an excuse
> to visit a close friend in Thunder Bay!)
>
> W.r.t. your recently commenced sailing season on Lake
> Winnipeg (I assume),
> is it true that the average depth there is in the order
> of 12'?





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