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Jami- Have you considered calling Eugene/Springfield Fire and Life Safety? I used to work there and I know that they are often looking for water training exercises. Just a thought.
Good luck with the retrieval,
EJ
Jami- Have you considered calling Eugene/Springfield Fire and Life Safety? I used to work there and I know that they are often looking for water training exercises. Just a thought.
Good luck with the retrieval,
EJ
I appreciate the outpouring of concern and all the offers to help. I spent some time looking for it over weekend and the water is just too high and off color. I need it to drop a couple feet and it will be easy to see unless I can snag a bow line or anchor rope before that.
Anyway, when I find it I'll let everyone know and who ever wants to help yard it out can join the party.
Thanks everyone.....stay tuned.
....i will also post this on my Facebook page to let others know about the losss, and if they find anything i will have them call and i will pick it up and call you and bring it to you...
So far, including myself, I have a couple people on Facebook ready to come down when you find the tow line. Keep us posted.
I also have a few people in mind that are more then willing to help look and retreive it. We def need the slower lower water. Got a buddy headin out on wednesday to go give it a look. Told him to call me if he finds anything, gunna try to go down with him to.
Good work.
I would suggest we come up with a Jamison approved plan if the two rope is indeed found with him NOT present.
Jamie, your thoughts?
Pack a come-along and extra rope when you find it... or innertubes. They work good. Tie it off to a tree or rock upstream on the side you want to get it to with a stout line, then go out over it and tie off a couple inner tubes (deflated) or bumper balls (the big red kind) as close as you can to the boat... let the drag and lift do the work for you, and when it gets off the bottom it should swing right in to shore.
That or just hook the bumper balls up on a caribener on a long line from upstream, so the current will carry the balls down the line to the boat, then the balls will pull straight up on the bow of the boat using the current. Again, soon as the boat's off the bottom, it'll be easy to maneuver to shore w/ a hand line w/ a caribener on it sliding down that mainline. May take a couple or three bumper balls (or innertubes, but make sure to use wide, soft rope and tie several spots on the tube so you don't pinch it too bad) but it'll come. The aluminum hull doesn't hardly weigh anything under water, so it's all about overcoming the suction and drag.
Me and a buddy were out there today helping Jamie look for the boat. He was in another boat looking for it as well. We found a piece of his boat and I'll leave the rest for Jamie to tell if he wants. If you do see his boat out there I'd get a good location fix for it and give him a call, he left his number on the first post.
I think it'll be found in deep or fast water and trying to bring it to shore will be problematic, so at least be careful! The other possibility is that it drifted below the I5 bridge and some farmer may find it in Harrisburg?
What a sad situation for a boat owner,
I would imagine it's going to be somewhat of a complicated operation to get the boat in when the line is found. I am leaning towards contacting the Eugene Fire Department Swiftwater Rescue guys to see if they want to make this as positive a turnout a possible and use it for a training exercise. That is a GREAT idea.
I would imagine it's going to be somewhat of a complicated operation to get the boat in when the line is found. I am leaning towards contacting the Eugene Fire Department Swiftwater Rescue guys to see if they want to make this as positive a turnout a possible and use it for a training exercise. That is a GREAT idea.
Good work.
I would suggest we come up with a Jamison approved plan if the two rope is indeed found with him NOT present.
Jamie, your thoughts?