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Coming into the marina the other day I noticed the water level was about 18" lower than normal. As we kept motoring in I noticed the water swirling around all the boats in their slips. I know now that as we had 2 days of off shore wind, the river had been sucked down in water level. The swirling was water rushing back into the river! Well I noticed the boat was moving faster than normal during docking and I lost control of the boat as I tried to make the turn into our slip. (I have to make a righthand turn, then a quick left turn and stop along a retaining wall). My wife on the bow jumped off onto the stern of a power boat just as we slid sideways into it. Only scratches to our hull and no other damage. I was shaken and very glad we didn't cause more damage. O ya. Just as we stopped, a truck pulled up, the window rolled down and someone took a picture of us. Guess people like to see others having a hard time.
Phil
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