Georgia still wants your water

Posted Tue, 2009-07-28 11:34 by jeffjohnvol
Atlanta is ThirstyAtlanta is ThirstyLooks like a judge has told Atlanta that its not allowed to suck water from Lake Lanier and gave them 3 years to find an alternate source, so it looks as though they are revisiting the idea of getting water from Nickajack Lake if they can move the border up by a mile. Maybe they should stop watering their yards and close down a few water parks before they stick a straw in the Tennessee river. LOL, as if TVA would let them.

The inconsiderate boat launcher

Posted Mon, 2009-07-27 16:29 by jeffjohnvol
Launching Do's and Don'tsLaunching Do's and Don'tsHere's an interesting rant of the slow boat launcher. It should be good for a laugh or two.

Rarity waterfront project in peril

Posted Mon, 2009-07-27 15:55 by jeffjohnvol

Rarity Property at NickajackRarity Property at NickajackAccording to Josh Flory of the Knoxville News Sentinel, an auction has been scheduled at 11 a.m. on August 19th for the 578 acres along Nickajack Lake.

The foreclosure covers the entire project excpt for about 60 lots which have already been sold.

The auction will take place at the front entrance of the Marion County Courthouse in Jasper, TN.

On the lighter side: Take a ride with the Moron Brothers

Posted Mon, 2009-07-27 09:37 by jeffjohnvol
Lardo and Burley.Lardo and Burley.Take a nice lazy ride in a shanty rolling down the Kentucky River with the self proclamed moron brothers, Lardo and Burley. Is this really that much different than ice fishing during the summer?

Search continues for Maryville woman who fell off boat

Posted Mon, 2009-07-27 08:58 by jeffjohnvol

Tellico LakeTellico LakeFrom the Knoxville News Sentinel: VONORE — Authorities are searching Tellico Lake this morning for a Maryville woman who fell off the back of a boat Saturday night, according to Vonore Police Chief John Hines.

Stephanie Renee McDonald, 32, was on a platform at the rear of a ski boat when she tumbled into the water and didn’t resurface about 8 p.m. Saturday, said Monroe County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Thomas Goodman.

Ross's Landing Suffers from Structual Defects

Posted Tue, 2009-07-21 10:28 by jeffjohnvol

Ross's LandingRoss's LandingApparently, Ross's Landing has some structual defects that could cost over a million dollars to fix. According to the article by Dave Flessner and Mike Pare of the Times Free Press, Divers have found underwater concrete defects along the riverfront wall including five instances of voids, cracking concrete and exposed rebar. Click the read more link to read more of the article.

NOAA Radar Loop

Posted Mon, 2009-07-20 15:51 by jeffjohnvol
NOAA RadarNOAA RadarNOAA Weather Loop. Please note, that this link will take you to a page that pulls the NOAA gif file (a repeating graphic). Depending on if your system refreshes gif files or not, the image will not change unless you hit refresh, or in some cases remove your temporary internet files and hit refresh. So, don't pull the screen up and watch it for 5 hours, because you will be looking at a snapshot from when you first pulled it up. Best thing to do is to hit their link to see the latest image.

Sailing through school.

Posted Fri, 2009-07-17 14:31 by jeffjohnvol

by Dan Cookby Dan Cook
Dan Cook reports on Fred and Cindy Greeson who operate Guild's Nickajack Sailing Academy at Hales Bar Marina since 2003.

As the only United States Sailing Associaion in Tennessee, they are a great resource that is close by, and they teach year round.

Click the read more link to see Dan Cook's Article.

Safe Boating in Barge Traffic

Posted Fri, 2009-07-17 13:46 by jeffjohnvol

Be SafeBe SafeNot much out there for boating news, so how about a lesson on how to exercise extreme caution when operating near commercial traffic on the Tennessee River?

Here's something from the Army Corps handbook on how to behave around barges.

Rude Boaters are all over the place.

Posted Fri, 2009-07-17 13:07 by jeffjohnvol

Since we haven't had any recent reports of rude boaters on Lake Chickamauga, perhaps you would like to see this story about a bunch of rude boaters in Grand Lake:

To the Editor:

For four generations my family has been enjoying Grand Lake and the fireworks. This year we had our family on three boats including 10 small children.

When the fireworks finished we moved toward the channel. I was leading the way when a pontoon boat went sideways and blocked the bridge. The boats in line waited while the pontoon straightened out and went through the narrow bridge opening; another pontoon had the same problem....

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