Hoover Dam

[franky]

Am I good to drop in at Cottonwood tomorrow and boat up to the base? Any restrictions. Thanks

 

[BingerFang]

Am I good to drop in at Cottonwood tomorrow and boat up to the base? Any restrictions. Thanks

Make sure you roost the tree huggers in kayaks when they flip you off up towards the dam.

 

[AJ13]

I would check with the rangers to make sure its open to go all the way to the dam. I know some days its closed to any boats over 50hp.

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

Make sure you roost the tree huggers in kayaks when they flip you off up towards the dam.

as if flying your trump flag isn't enough....

 

[MooreMoney]

If I remember right it’s Sunday-Tuesday no powerboats.

If it were me I would go for it tomorrow. One of the coolest places I have every been boating.

 

[franky]

Yep, I did it in the mid 80’s before it was allowed all tge way from Karherines on the 4th of July across the basin in an Avenger 167 OB.....on a windy day

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

across the basin in an Avenger 167 OB.....on a windy day

avenger 16' 7" OB I had one of those with a 140 hp 'rude. gave it to one of my son's it now sitting (covered) out in a field somewhere.

 

[The Prisoner]

Don’t jump in the water.........its dam cold! Lame I know. But it is around 50 degrees...too cold for me...did that trip in the 90’s. Gorgeous ride!

 

[BingerFang]

Don’t jump in the water.........its dam cold! Lame I know. But it is around 50 degrees...too cold for me...did that trip in the 90’s. Gorgeous ride!

Everyone has to jump in the water their first trip.... it's tradition!

 

[Riverryder]

Sun-mon no motors so your good. But with all this covid crap they might have some dumb rule in place.


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[franky]

avenger 16' 7" OB I had one of those with a 140hp rude. gave it to one of my son's it now sitting (covered) out in a field somewhere.

I had a 150 Merc “tower of power”. Bought it direct from factory in LA for 10k. Had it for 5 years and sold it for $10k. Buena Vista and the Delta ski machine I’ll

 

[wzuber]

for what it's worth, when jumping in the cold water up near the dam, I've heard it's very advisable to have peeps put on life jackets first due to the drastic temp difference between the hot air and very cold water. Apparently people get shocked by the cold and gasp, inhale water and drown fairly frequently. Just a a mention. Enjoy the trip, it's beautiful up there.

 

[MagicMan]

Yep, I did it in the mid 80’s before it was allowed all tge way from Karherines on the 4th of July across the basin in an Avenger 167 OB.....on a windy day

How long does it take to get there from Katherine's?

 

[boatdoc55]

Don’t jump in the water.........its dam cold! Lame I know. But it is around 50 degrees...too cold for me...did that trip in the 90’s. Gorgeous ride!

No Chit, back when I was young and didn't have a brain, mid 70's, I jumped in to change a prop on a buddies boat. Ho-Li-Fuc you ain't whislein' dixie!!!

 

[wzuber]

How long does it take to get there from Katherine's?

speed costs $$$...how much you wanna spend? haha
I don't know the mileage but it's literally from one end of the lake to the other.

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

How long does it take to get there from Katherine's?

it's about 63 miles how fast is your Boat ?

 

[mjc]

Everyone has to jump in the water their first trip.... it's tradition!

Bull shit

 

[SoCalDave]

 

[RodnJen]

Make sure you roost the tree huggers in kayaks when they flip you off up towards the dam.

I know you are joking but often times those kayaks and canoes are full of Boy Scouts so please respect their path.

 

[BingerFang]

I know you are joking but often times those kayaks and canoes are full of Boy Scouts so please respect their path.

Just to clarify- I don’t roost everyone. Only the angry ones that flip us off. I have respect for everyone on our waterways

 

[jet496]

If I remember right it’s Sunday-Tuesday no powerboats.

If it were me I would go for it tomorrow. One of the coolest places I have every been boating.

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We did it decades ago and have video of park patrol on top with a bull horn yelling "this is a restricted area, please remove yourself". We kept on anyway. Today we'd be probably be shot for that. LOL.

Oh yea, it was 130 degrees out yet the water was so cold we couldn't stay in for a minute.

 

[bonesfab]

we did a few years ago. Katherines to the damn Holy shit the Basin gets rough. But the sights once you get past the basin are awsome..

 

[rrrr]

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Looks like snowmobiles are banned too.

 

[rrrr]

I love the history of Hoover Dam. I did my first tour of the dam when I was twelve, and went back about dozen times before 9/11. Now the tour is pretty lame, but walking into the turbine hall is still impressive.

Check out this movie I linked below, it was made in 1937, two years after the dam was finished. It shows some of the most interesting construction, for me that's the 30' diameter steel penstocks which carry lake water to the turbines.

They were built in three pieces of rolled 2¾" plate that was welded together with 100% x-ray inspection. After assembly, the ends of the 11' long joints were machined to 1¾" male and female socket joints with a huge external circumferential lathe and then punched with rivet holes.

When the fabrication work was completed, the 300,000 lb penstock sections were placed inside a huge insulated structure, then heated to 1,400°F for stress relief. The sections were pulled to the cableway hoist on a multiwheeled steerable hydraulic trailer, the predecessor to the Mammoet transport equipment that's common today, with two Cat D-7s pulling and one pushing.

The huge cableway hoist positioned the penstock sections at the tunnel entrances, and they were then maneuvered into the tunnel, joined up with the already built sections, and riveted together with 1" X 4" hot rivets.

It's all amazing stuff, especially considering it was built during the worst of the Depression and finished two years ahead of schedule.

If you watch the movie, the penstock fabrication scenes start at 21:30. Check out the process closely. The huge vertical rollers bending the plate and the gigantic circumferential external lathes cutting the socket joints are incredible.

 

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[SOCALCRICKETT]

Isn't there an exception for the dam run, since it is a one day event are they going to let it fly again this year?

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[crzy2bealive]

Any shallow spots on the way up to the dam?

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[glamis0812]

Isn't there an exception for the dam run, since it is a one day event are they going to let it fly again this year?

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The run is on Saturdays so it’s open like the sign says.

 

[Bpracing1127]

Isn't there an exception for the dam run, since it is a one day event are they going to let it fly again this year?

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Why would they need an exception it’s held on a Saturday in August

 

[Hypnautic]

Nothing real shallow that’s not marked. Stay center. Just cruise and enjoy.
Only spot that are shallow and not marked are just immediately below the dam. Heading North towards dam they are on the left easy to spot, stay right of center.

 

[franky]

Thanks, called Cottonwood Ranger Station and all clear. Leaving for Searchlight shortly....will post some pics this evening if all goes well.......

 

[FROGMAN524]

Nice looking forward to pics


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[MagicMan]

it's about 63 miles how fast is your Boat ?

Magic with 496HO traveling at a 45mph cruising speed.

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

I love the history of Hoover Dam.

how about a follow up about how many people 6 company's killed...



,,

 

[Icky]

I love the history of Hoover Dam. I did my first tour of the dam when I was twelve, and went back about dozen times before 9/11. Now the tour is pretty lame, but walking into the turbine hall is still impressive.

Check out this movie I linked below, it was made in 1937, two years after the dam was finished. It shows some of the most interesting construction, for me that's the 30' diameter steel penstocks which carry lake water to the turbines.

They were built in three pieces of rolled 2¾" plate that was welded together with 100% x-ray inspection. After assembly, the ends of the 11' long joints were machined to 1¾" male and female socket joints with a huge external circumferential lathe and then punched with rivet holes.

When the fabrication work was completed, the 300,000 lb penstock sections were placed inside a huge insulated structure, then heated to 1,400°F for stress relief. The sections were pulled to the cableway hoist on a multiwheeled steerable hydraulic trailer, the predecessor to the Mammoet transport equipment that's common today, with two Cat D-7s pulling and one pushing.

The huge cableway hoist positioned the penstock sections at the tunnel entrances, and they were then maneuvered into the tunnel, joined up with the already built sections, and riveted together with 1" X 4" hot rivets.

It's all amazing stuff, especially considering it was built during the worst of the Depression and finished two years ahead of schedule.

If you watch the movie, the penstock fabrication scenes start at 21:30. Check out the process closely. The huge vertical rollers bending the plate and the gigantic circumferential external lathes cutting the socket joints are incredible.

There's no mention of the transformers or the allspark

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

The run is on Saturdays so it’s open like the sign says.

But it also has been stated that it was 65hp or less

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[wzuber]

But it also has been stated that it was 65hp or less

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well a blown 632 makes less than 65hp. @ idle doesn't it? haha

 

[glamis0812]

But it also has been stated that it was 65hp or less

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[mash on it]

But it also has been stated that it was 65hp or less

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65 hp is in the off season, after Labor day thru Memorial day, except Sunday and Monday.

Sunday and Monday is no power boats at all, year round.

Memorial day thru Labor day, all power boats, and pwc EXCEPT Sunday and Monday.

Dan'l

 

[Riverryder]

But it also has been stated that it was 65hp or less

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My guess is your wife’s name is Karen? Haha


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[Duramax]

we did a few years ago. Katherines to the damn Holy shit the Basin gets rough. But the sights once you get past the basin are awsome..

What kind of rough are we talking?

 

[bonesfab]

What kind of rough are we talking?

4-5 foot swells. I was in a 22 schiada and it beat the crap out us in the basin.

 

[Duramax]

I love the history of Hoover Dam. I did my first tour of the dam when I was twelve, and went back about dozen times before 9/11. Now the tour is pretty lame, but walking into the turbine hall is still impressive.

Check out this movie I linked below, it was made in 1937, two years after the dam was finished. It shows some of the most interesting construction, for me that's the 30' diameter steel penstocks which carry lake water to the turbines.

They were built in three pieces of rolled 2¾" plate that was welded together with 100% x-ray inspection. After assembly, the ends of the 11' long joints were machined to 1¾" male and female socket joints with a huge external circumferential lathe and then punched with rivet holes.

When the fabrication work was completed, the 300,000 lb penstock sections were placed inside a huge insulated structure, then heated to 1,400°F for stress relief. The sections were pulled to the cableway hoist on a multiwheeled steerable hydraulic trailer, the predecessor to the Mammoet transport equipment that's common today, with two Cat D-7s pulling and one pushing.

The huge cableway hoist positioned the penstock sections at the tunnel entrances, and they were then maneuvered into the tunnel, joined up with the already built sections, and riveted together with 1" X 4" hot rivets.

It's all amazing stuff, especially considering it was built during the worst of the Depression and finished two years ahead of schedule.

If you watch the movie, the penstock fabrication scenes start at 21:30. Check out the process closely. The huge vertical rollers bending the plate and the gigantic circumferential external lathes cutting the socket joints are incredible.

Amazing video! Just watched it. Wow

 

[cxr]

Make sure you roost the tree huggers in kayaks when they flip you off up towards the dam.

LOL HOLY CRAP that actually happened to me in like 2005/2006. me and my friend were running up to the dam . my first time and i see these kayakers with their hands up in the air. so i go and idle over to them to see whats up. and MOTHERFUCKER told me to slow down and gave me the middle finger. friggin asshole

 

[Duramax]

4-5 foot swells. I was in a 22 schiada and it beat the crap out us in the basin.

But you made it!? 21 Daytona? Too much?

 

[Wizard29]

LOL HOLY CRAP that actually happened to me in like 2005/2006. me and my friend were running up to the dam . my first time and i see these kayakers with their hands up in the air. so i go and idle over to them to see whats up. and MOTHERFUCKER told me to slow down and gave me the middle finger. friggin asshole

Most of them are cool, but a few of them are dicks. I’ve had a few of them yell and wave their arms for me to slow down. What they don’t understand is they would be better off to stay to the side and let me proceed on plane instead of having me go slow and make them deal with the wake of a 34’ boat that is plowing along.

Had one floppy hat wearing treehugger put her kayak right in the middle of a narrow portion and actually sit and stare at me with her arms crossed as I approached. I slowed down to off-plane speed and came close enough to to her that my wake almost flipped her over. Some screaming and profanity were sent in our direction. We waved back with one finger and went on our way.

They’re all about tolerance until you do something they disagree with.

 

[rrrr]

how about a follow up about how many people 6 company's killed...

Using information from the Bureau of Reclamation website, I can provide that information and some statistics. BuRec says there were 21,000 men employed at the dam over its five year construction, and on average, 3,500 workers were on site every working day. The work schedule was three eight hour shifts, 362 days a year, which means a total of 10,136,000 man hours were worked during those five years.

The website says records show 96 men died in construction accidents, but a modern scrutiny of those contemporary records indicate another 135 men died from all other known causes, including natural deaths, heat exhaustion, commuting auto accidents, and murders (there were five). Since you want to know how many people Six Companies "killed" ( ) during the project, I'll use the 96 fatalities number.

Dividing the 10,136,000 man hours by the 96 deaths gives a figure of one death per 105,583 man hours. That also calculates out to .946 deaths per 100,000 man hours.

Given the fact there were no safety harnesses or other fall protection, scaffolding was wood planking supported by wood framing of whatever material was within reach, cranes of the era were intrinsically unsafe and workers routinely rode the hook ball in freefall, and countless other dangerous practices were commonly used, the number of fatal accidents which occurred during construction of the dam were surprisingly low.

 

[franky]

Put The boat in at Cottonwood Cove, boated 40+ miles to Hoover dam. With the exception of Willow Beach area we saw maybe six boats and six jet skiis all day. Fantastic day. When we cane back across the tip if the basin it was getting pretty rough.

 

[Ricks raft]

I had a 150 Merc “tower of power”. Bought it direct from factory in LA for 10k. Had it for 5 years and sold it for $10k. Buena Vista and the Delta ski machine I’ll

Had their cousin, a 16.7 thunderboat. Came with the 150 tower of no power, anemic at best. Ordered early and got the first 200v6 released in the west. Great boat, put a 1000 hrs on it.