The reflections in the water in the foreground make this a little artsy. The point of it is the way the dock extension at Anderson Mill marina leads into the water, with a canoe strategically placed presumably to help one get to shore. It’s probably worse than this by now, Lake Travis having risen about 3 more feet since July 1 with two more to go according to the latest LCRA forecast. More rain forecast today. It might be Monday before we see the sun again.
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Posted in Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate
Tagged Anderson Mill Marina, Lake Travis
Just off the phone with folks at Anderson Mill Marina, who assured me the docks were raised as the water rose and the family sloop and other boats tied to them are okay. Inaccessible, but okay. "Let’s put it this way," said the woman who answered the phone, "you could swim to the bathroom." Meaning the restrooms at the parking lot on the shoreline are an island unto themselves. Obviously won’t be a trip to Yacht Harbor Marina tomorrow for the rerigging. Maybe next week.
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Tagged Anderson Mill Marina, floods, Lake Travis, Yacht Harbor Marina
LCRA says the weekend’s rain is expected to end tonight, but Lake Travis is still taking in runoff from storms in the watershed, including one area that got almost six inches overnight, and the lake is expected to be about 683 feet above mean sea level by next weekend. That would be about 18 inches above where it is now, which might put the rest of the parking lot at Anderson Mill marina underwater. With the sloop’s rerigging scheduled for Monday, the 25th, I’ll have to hope the water isn’t full of debris and boating banned by then. It should take me about thirty minutes to motor to Yacht Harbor Marina for the work, unless there’s logs and other big stuff to dodge.
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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate
Tagged Anderson Mill Marina, Lake Travis, LCRA, Yacht Harbor Marina
Lower Colorado River Authority graph shows how far and how fast Lake Travis has risen since last Tuesday, thanks to the weekend storms in the watershed. The lake is now forecast to hit 684 feet above mean sea level by Thursday, without any more rain. That would be a rise of 11 feet. I didn’t bother to visit the marina this morning, figuring the parking lot would be under water. Certainly is now. Ah, well, I have other chores including a backyard to mow when the wet grass dries out by tomorrow.
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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate
Tagged Anderson Mill Marina, Lake Travis, Lower Colorado River Authority, Memorial Day Weekend 2007
The rancho and most of the area has been spared any severe flooding so far, but Lake Travis is rising like a rocket. According to the LCRA: the Llano River is running more than 12,000 cubic feet per second, when a few hundred is normal. The Llano flows into the upper lakes whose dams pass their excess downstream to Travis. Meanwhile the Pedernales, which flows directly into Travis, is running more than 6,000 cubic feet per second, when a few hundred is normal. Meanwhile, Lake Travis is at 681.22 feet above mean sea level, which is full–for the first time since April, 2005.
The parking lot at Anderson Mill marina was mostly underwater Sunday morning. The lake was more than 12 inches lower at that point. The extra foot could have drowned the rest of the lot. The river authority is keenly aware of all this and may have to open another gate or two on the dam to slow the rise. They don’t like to squander the water, and so have been releasing only enough to generate electricity. But opening more may be necessary to prevent flooding on the lake. Which, in turn, might mean dock and other shoreline damage to folks who live downstream on Lake Austin. A complicated juggling act.
A 1975 Catalina 22 finds a sad end after 32 years. It was abandoned by its owner, who had removed, among other things, the teak trim. It was leaking sufficiently that it had to be pumped out periodically, and Anderson Mill marina was tired of the game. When they couldn’t get the owner, who was no longer paying his monthly slip fee, to take care of it, they dragged it, scraping, up the ramp on its folded swing-keel. There’s a few more of various makes due to make the trip, victims possibly of the long drought when the docks were moved so far out into Lake Travis that it was hard to get to the boats to maintain them. Some of them were a lot dirtier than ours.
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Tagged Anderson Mill Marina, Catalina 22, Lake Travis, Texas
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April 20, 2007 in Rancho Roly Poly, Sailing, Texana
Tagged Anderson Mill Marina, Catalina 22, Lake Travis, the family sloop
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