lakelover
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We had a freak storm blow across the lake, the worst I've ever seen there. It looked like a white wall coming across, and when it hit with high winds and horizontal rain, visibility was about 30 feet.
My neighbor's pontoon boat flipped and landed against my dock. He had it raised about to its max height and it wasn't tied up at all, it probably would have been OK if it had been tied. I hope he had insurance on it, he's only had it about 2 or 3 years. To get it back upright, they used a tow truck with a winch on the front, lots of supplemental muscle power pushing on it with boards. I would have helped, but I had to hold the camera...
Here's a video on youtube of getting it back upright.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEFN37WDAw
My neighbor's pontoon boat flipped and landed against my dock. He had it raised about to its max height and it wasn't tied up at all, it probably would have been OK if it had been tied. I hope he had insurance on it, he's only had it about 2 or 3 years. To get it back upright, they used a tow truck with a winch on the front, lots of supplemental muscle power pushing on it with boards. I would have helped, but I had to hold the camera...
Here's a video on youtube of getting it back upright.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEFN37WDAw
I didn't realize it, but he said that last year, he had it up, but not so high, and the waves made it "walk" almost all the way over to my dock. Slow learner? Expensive lesson.
