Long Island Beach boat ramp status

DickR · 11-05-2008, 09:48 AM

After I saw last week's article on the damaged ramp at the Long Island Beach, I stopped to look. Sure enough, at a point where the bottom starts to really drop off deeper, two of the concrete bars connected by metal links had been lifted into an inverted "V" shape, sticking up considerably. I could see where something had scraped over the surface of the concrete edges sticking up. I also could see that I would not be able to use the ramp in that condition to pull my boat. My best guess on how it happened is that someone forgot to raise his outdrive, it caught on the concrete bar, and the towing vehicle powered its way uphill, pulling the bar out of the muck and stone surrounding the bars until either the driver realized his truck was working harder than normal at this and stopped or the boat and trailer suddenly broke free and he shot forward.

The article spoke of how the town was pondering cost and permitting issues on the ramp repair. Does anyone know the present status of the ramp and any plans to repair it?

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Curiosity has overcome patience. I called the town, was told that they are still trying to find out if insurance will cover the repair cost and if the state requires any further permitting process. No timeline on repair is available at this point.

kchace · 11-05-2008, 12:16 PM

Those concrete 'bars' are quite heavy and even harder to move when connected to others. Whatever happened to dislodge then so, it must have been a lot of force.

Does anyone know how it happened?

Ken

DTBC · 07-09-2009, 07:33 AM

I would assume without any more discussion on the boat ramp it has been repaired and is in use? Any information on this? Thank you

WINNOCTURN · 07-09-2009, 09:08 AM

Town was to make repairs to the ramp the last week in June. It was to be ready for that weekend.

Newbiesaukee · 07-09-2009, 09:22 AM

It appears to be up and running

Irrigation Guy · 07-09-2009, 06:52 PM

I noticed an excavator down there a while back and a oil boom in the water. Figured they fixed it(but didn't check for myself my boat is at Harilla), but never took the use at own risk sign down. Maybe the town feels that should be the policy anyway, fixed or not.

I did look at it before it was repaired, if in fact it was repaired. Definately took some force to shift those slabs, and the metal straps attaching them together were sticking up making it easy to puncture a tire if you were unlucky enough to be aligned with that spot.

dan · 07-09-2009, 09:47 PM

Its fixed and they did a nice job. Put two boats in there last Friday

jst_4_kiks · 07-09-2009, 11:23 PM

its all fixed. been seeing boats pulled from there lately with no problems.

11-05-2008, 09:48 AM	#1
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 735 Thanks: 4 Thanked 254 Times in 166 Posts	Long Island Beach boat ramp status After I saw last week's article on the damaged ramp at the Long Island Beach, I stopped to look. Sure enough, at a point where the bottom starts to really drop off deeper, two of the concrete bars connected by metal links had been lifted into an inverted "V" shape, sticking up considerably. I could see where something had scraped over the surface of the concrete edges sticking up. I also could see that I would not be able to use the ramp in that condition to pull my boat. My best guess on how it happened is that someone forgot to raise his outdrive, it caught on the concrete bar, and the towing vehicle powered its way uphill, pulling the bar out of the muck and stone surrounding the bars until either the driver realized his truck was working harder than normal at this and stopped or the boat and trailer suddenly broke free and he shot forward. The article spoke of how the town was pondering cost and permitting issues on the ramp repair. Does anyone know the present status of the ramp and any plans to repair it? --------- Edit: Curiosity has overcome patience. I called the town, was told that they are still trying to find out if insurance will cover the repair cost and if the state requires any further permitting process. No timeline on repair is available at this point. Last edited by DickR; 11-05-2008 at 09:57 AM. Reason: Followup:

11-05-2008, 12:16 PM	#2
kchace Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brookline and Moultonborough NH Posts: 100 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	wow Those concrete 'bars' are quite heavy and even harder to move when connected to others. Whatever happened to dislodge then so, it must have been a lot of force. Does anyone know how it happened? Ken

07-09-2009, 07:33 AM	#3
DTBC Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Long Island Boat Launch at beach I would assume without any more discussion on the boat ramp it has been repaired and is in use? Any information on this? Thank you

07-09-2009, 09:08 AM	#4
WINNOCTURN Deceased Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 849 Thanks: 350 Thanked 351 Times in 193 Posts	Should be fixe now Town was to make repairs to the ramp the last week in June. It was to be ready for that weekend.

07-09-2009, 11:23 PM	#8
jst_4_kiks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 127 Thanks: 22 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	its all fixed. been seeing boats pulled from there lately with no problems. __________________ Marine Technician - Learning Something New Every Day PM with any questions about marine repair

07-09-2009, 09:22 AM	#5
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,349 Thanks: 922 Thanked 569 Times in 295 Posts	It appears to be up and running

07-09-2009, 06:52 PM	#6
Irrigation Guy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 484 Thanks: 89 Thanked 138 Times in 72 Posts	I noticed an excavator down there a while back and a oil boom in the water. Figured they fixed it(but didn't check for myself my boat is at Harilla), but never took the use at own risk sign down. Maybe the town feels that should be the policy anyway, fixed or not. I did look at it before it was repaired, if in fact it was repaired. Definately took some force to shift those slabs, and the metal straps attaching them together were sticking up making it easy to puncture a tire if you were unlucky enough to be aligned with that spot.

07-09-2009, 09:47 PM	#7
dan Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: moultonborough/billerica Posts: 42 Thanks: 21 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Its fixed and they did a nice job. Put two boats in there last Friday