[alberg30] Trailers

[Jack Vanderloo]

Definition, among others: Gam: n. social intercourse among sailors at sea
Also a great Canadian magazine that lists boat for sale in Eastern Canada,
at prices that should make most Yanks salivate, and has great articles.
Cheap!
Jack

Scott Wallace wrote:

> 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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