Found an NRS raft on the San Juan River arm of Lake Powell on June 23, 2019. Assuming there's not too many people rafting below Clay Hills, I'm guessing the boat was lost further upstream. Please contact me if you think this might be your raft. 505-516-6453 or email adam.barkalow@gmail.com
REWARD OFFERED for lost rafting gear below Piute Falls! Yes, three rafts tied together departed from Slickhorn C on the San Juan the night of June 16th.
Found rubber from two and frames but nothing else. Fresh tire tracks and footprints yesterday. Any help would be appreciated. Tie them up good!
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Basalt, CO
Maybe you can get him to agree to share the story here for returning his gear for him. Sounds like he is lucky to get it back and there must be a good story!?
All three carabinered together side by side with 2 points attached to each boat, 1 line to shore with 2 half hitches, should have been 2 lines. Live and learn.
Curious as well to here the whole story. The water level plummeted during that time period, huge drop in flows. That combined with the steep banks at Slickhorn maybe had something to do with it. Line tied short and tight, then the water dropped away putting big strain on the tie off, without the boats touching bottom. Thats my theory.
I remember one of the early trips I worked for Hatch in Dinosaur. When I pulled up to camp, (I was last of 5 boats) I noticed the 4th boat tied to the 3rd, 3rd tied to 2nd, 2nd tied to first, & first boat not tied to anything! Ha!
Seriously... We're staying at the same site they lost their boats next week... Definitely going to have two tie-ups for my single raft at every site now!
And don't use pitiful little Tammies for tie off anchor! Why on earth would anyone depend on one or two ropes to hold all the boats? Its really not rocket science! Tie each boat individually, and run a cam strap frame to frame, (if boat parking allows for side by side parking.)
That way is one boats tie off fails, you got all the other boats backing up the one boat. If you don't have a long stern (& bow line) clip an extra throwbag on and use ONLY as a stern line. (Bonus, comes in very handy if you are derigging, rolling boat too, having a bow/stern line! Half hitches work fine if you got a solid anchor, (I always pull piece of rope through half hitch loop to "lock knot" although its not really necessary.
Hopefully, that "can I just tie off to your boat" question, (except in certain situations, like havasu parking, or temporary stop) has been put to rest.
A lot of times people think their rubber is destroyed when its not. Let me know if you are looking at options and want my take on it.
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