GL: Hay bales/ Plastic Bags

[Charles and Pat Culotta]

PLEASE; Before hanging a PLASTIC BAG over the side of your boat, think 
about, even a part of it tearing loose and floating on the water.
This is something that can and does cause catastrophic damage to engines by 
being SUCKED UP INTO  the water intakes.

OK it is plastic on your boat and you have passed the point of lose of part 
of the bag so only the boats behind you have to worry about your 
plastic.!!!!
Every time I see any plastic in the water I go out of my way to get it out 
for if it does not get me it will get someone else. Ice bags are 
particularly prevalent in the water???


On a related topic, the ban on tires is the same, they break loose and don't 
sink and then get caught in someone's wheel.

At Waterford we saw a new 42 GB with motorcycle tiers for fenders. As the TV 
guy says" give me a break".

We use 12x34 fenders ( black) and as THE WIFE says," They are squeezed 
within an inch of their lives in the locks and no harm done."

We lock every time we leave our home dock. On this trip , we have been in 
Canada for 6 weeks on the Rideau, Richelieu, Champlain, and Oswego canals 
with what a 100 locks or more, and no problem.
And several on the St Lawrence Seaway.

This is only our experience and as always, YMMV

For the above mentioned canals we set two rows of fenders, one high and one 
low to the water as some locks fill to the very brim with little room for 
the fenders so the smaller fenders are used there.


CCC
Entering the Erie Canal in abt an hour going to Seneca lake area for winter 
storage at the end of the month
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CHARLES C., JR. & PAT CULOTTA
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
M/V CCRIDER
PATTERSON, LA.
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