As the Lakes Drain
Mood:  accident prone
Now Playing: Low Water Levels Are Leading To Increased Groundings

Well it has been an extremely busy August and I have not been able to keep up with postings.  The most common incident right now is the accidental groundings of boats on submerged objects.  The boats always loose.  Areas to be especially cautious include but are not limited to.

North Fork American on Folsom Lake where large rocks are catching underwater hardware and fiberglass.

South Fork American on Folsom Lake the Mormon Island Bridge is just below the surface and it is very damaging to the boats.  Hazard markers are out but they have drifted away from the bridge as the water level drops, so be sure to give them an extra wide margin.

Lake Tahoe around Rubicon Bay has some extremely large and hard rocks that are impacting the bottoms of the boats.

Union Valley Reservoir between the two forks has some large rocks.

Sacramento River watch for the wing dams and be sure to be mid channel of the Hazard Buoys.