[alberg30] Trailers

[Scott Wallace]

Hi Bob,

At the risk of sounding either stupid or unelightened what is gam?  Is
it a magazine?

Thanks

Scott

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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