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Overnight at Dexter/Lowell marina
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Bob Larkin
One of the places that always has water is Dexter Lake. Seems like an overnight with a stay at the marina could be fun, even on a winter day between storms. I tried, without success to ask Oregon Parks about one day rentals. But, they list a full month at $47, so it sounds like the marina is kept open. Does anyone know if we might just go down and rent a slip for a night or two?
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elaineginader
This sounds fun Bob. What dates are you thinking of? I'll need to have a boat with a berth to sleep in. Elaind On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 2:36 PM Bob Larkin <bob@...> wrote: One of the places that always has water is Dexter Lake. Seems like an overnight with a stay at the marina could be fun, even on a winter day between storms. I tried, without success to ask Oregon Parks about one day rentals. But, they list a full month at $47, so it sounds like the marina is kept open. Does anyone know if we might just go down and rent a slip for a night or two? |
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They close the gate at Lowell State Park at dusk, and don't reopen it until dawn. I need to take Lazy Jack to Dexter for a run soon. If I can find him, I'll ask the park caretaker about the possibility of renting slips by the night.
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But Dexter lake isn't very interesting... On 10/12/2021 2:36 PM, Bob L wrote:
One of the places that always has water is Dexter Lake. Seems like an overnight with a stay at the marina could be fun, even on a winter day between storms. I tried, without success to ask Oregon Parks about one day rentals. But, they list a full month at $47, so it sounds like the marina is kept open. Does anyone know if we might just go down and rent a slip for a night or two?-- John <jkohnen@...> The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. (Arthur C. Clarke) |
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Bob Larkin
I received a call back from the lady at the State Parks Lowell office. She said the monthly marina slip rental was all they had---no short term rental. She offered that if we wanted to anchor out, she could offer permits to allow the cars and trailers to be behind the locked gates. With the short days, that is a bit restrictive, but a nice offer. Anchoring out is not as good as having land access for small boats. That is what is available. Bob
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Thanks for checking, Bob. That's about what I remember hearing from the park host when I asked a similar question years ago.
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On 10/15/2021 10:43 AM, Bob L wrote:
I received a call back from the lady at the State Parks Lowell office. She said the monthly marina slip rental was all they had---no short term rental. She offered that if we wanted to anchor out, she could offer permits to allow the cars and trailers to be behind the locked gates. With the short days, that is a bit restrictive, but a nice offer. Anchoring out is not as good as having land access for small boats. That is what is available. Bob-- John <jkohnen@...> The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. (William A. Ward) |
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Seems like a bargain at $47 a month. Can’t even rent a motel room for $47 a night anywhere let alone a month.
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If you weren’t to a campground and paid the nightly fee for a weekend you’d be at that price. More if you were at a fancy State campground and had full hook ups. Do those rates go up during the on season? I’d be tempted to get a floating condo to put there. Case Sent from not here On Oct 15, 2021, at 12:19 PM, John Kohnen <jkohnen@...> wrote: --
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Better check to see if you get a key to the park gate when you rent a slip. <g> They had a problem after the Great Recession fell on us with people living on their boats at Dexter. Of course the State couldn't allow that! Some of the boats were pretty seedy, and some didn't have up-to-date registrations, but, IIRC, the response was to make it harder (impossible) to do at all, rather than addressing the problems...
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On 10/15/2021 1:40 PM, Case wrote:
Seems like a bargain at $47 a month. Can’t even rent a motel room for $47 a night anywhere let alone a month.-- John <jkohnen@...> If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be! (William Makepeace Thackeray) |
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Huh!! Sounds like a way to leave the boat in slip for up to 4 week ends on a "use as desired" basis. Then use it when you want to have access during good weather, work on trailer rails, or could save gas to not drag it back and forth. I'd do that when I had friends visiting that might like a putt around, without the ramp hassle. It's easier for some things, so I'm curious about the options of doing limited or short term rentals, at other lakes, when they get fuller than now?
Theft is the big issue, and sounds like Dexter all locked up would be ok for that. Cottage grove area, Dorena looked abandoned the other day. Dorena had a bunch of ??? campers lounging and smokin: !! How did Thursday lunch go ??? ----------- Cal |
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Hi, Elaine. Can you make a couple of polesform a sideline, then say 4poles each side to the gunnels, with light cord. Throw a tarp over that, and quick as that ,,, You are Lewis and Clark, or close to that, but could be cozy with an air mattress.
See ya, Cal |
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Yeah, that's a bargain. For $47 a month a slip at Dexter would be handy for all sorts of things, in the off-season when I don't have a slip at Fern Ridge. That's about half the cost of my slip at Richardson -- in a year where there's enough water to use it for 6 months.
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On 10/16/2021 5:55 PM, Electri-Cal wrote:
Huh!! Sounds like a way to leave the boat in slip for up to 4 week ends on a "use as desired" basis. Then use it when you want to have access during good weather, work on trailer rails, or could save gas to not drag it back and forth. ...-- John <jkohnen@...> The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it. (Joseph Conrad) |
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Alas, Elaine's little sailboat isn't even comfortable to _sit_ in. <sigh>
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On 10/17/2021 1:44 PM, Electri-Cal wrote:
Hi, Elaine. Can you make a couple of polesform a sideline, then say 4poles each side to the gunnels, with light cord. Throw a tarp over that, and quick as that ,,, You are Lewis and Clark, or close to that, but could be cozy with an air mattress.-- John <jkohnen@...> Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. (Jonathan Swift) |
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Back in town, but a good bike trip to SunRiver once again. A bit dry now for old sinuses though. Back to boats, from what I see in the notes so far. I wonder is some changes might be made to Elaines boat for comfort. Most boats can be modified somehow, part of the fun I'd say. I was thinking about a steel (cheaper) or aluminum (cleaner) and plastic square tubular sectioned roll up table top I saw. A series of spaced apart aluminum Square metal tubes with fabric sewn tubes that they slip into the hull width, like the camp table I saw at bi Mart. Then the tubes roll up in the fabric cover for storage, might need some plywood to support people weight and an air mattress topping that off, kinda off the head but worth looking at. There just has to be an answer there someplace. Even a underboom deck cover of stretched canvas would cut some wind at night, with a couple of end poles added. Seat cushions that slide together might help both day and night comfort.
I'm figuring on a plain ol' tarp stretched over the bimini top as a frame on Surprise, a bit tall but a lower one that worked for Elaines height would probably be fine. If Bob Larkin can do this !!! Possibly we coots have some old tubing or 2X2's to make something that works like a tent shape The easiest is a tarp boom tent, with her skills it would be a good project. Well, all this is conjecture, as I don't know her boat at all, but there has to be an answer besides selling the whole rig and starting over, unless it sails poorly of course. In that case take the lumps and get one that starts out closer to what you want, everybody changes boats ask John Kohnen, ahem !!. I have also, and miss some of them now, but time marches on. Best Wishes, Cal Even the old Loman 17 cabin hard chine that I had was a great overnighter, was a simplified lightning with a cabin, fast and easy to handle. Probably none left now. ---- see ya later, ---- Cal |
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elaineginader
Hi Cal, great ideas and thank you. I have some ideas one being if I'm to use the boom to hold some of the cover I'll need a x bracket near the transom to hold the boom up. The main sail holds it up when out on the water. The tent could drape if I want over pcp pipes to give it more body. The transom end would be sewn closed and the other end could wrap around the mast. I have other up grades I want to do to her such as cletes and rode guides for my anchor. Also I'm going to maybe paint the inside and fix the center board crack. To sleep maybe an idea could be putting boards held up by the seats and center board could allow a sleep spot. I'll keep you posted on my progress. New sails are going to be in the list too. Sailrite has great prices for sail kits. I'm excited and will reach out when I'm stuck. Elaine On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 7:30 PM Electri-Cal <calboats@...> wrote: Back in town, but a good bike trip to SunRiver once again. A bit dry now for old sinuses though. Back to boats, from what I see in the notes so far. I wonder is some changes might be made to Elaines boat for comfort. Most boats can be modified somehow, part of the fun I'd say. I was thinking about a steel (cheaper) or aluminum (cleaner) and plastic square tubular sectioned roll up table top I saw. A series of spaced apart aluminum Square metal tubes with fabric sewn tubes that they slip into the hull width, like the camp table I saw at bi Mart. Then the tubes roll up in the fabric cover for storage, might need some plywood to support people weight and an air mattress topping that off, kinda off the head but worth looking at. There just has to be an answer there someplace. Even a underboom deck cover of stretched canvas would cut some wind at night, with a couple of end poles added. Seat cushions that slide together might help both day and night comfort. |
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