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![[*]](./images/xpsilver/default_icon.gif) posted on 12-12-2009 at 05:36 PM |
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Buck Creek / Omega Dock damage
The recent rains and heavy winds has again done a lot of damage to Buck Creek / Omega Dock. It is reported the roof collapsed over the houseboat
covered slips, as well as a lot more.
I found this out because I recieved a call a few minutes ago about a houseboat named "Eagle One" adrift and headed downstream.
Apparently, this is a boat that has basically been left abandoned in the slip for three years by it's owner.
Bet I can guess what will happen to it. 
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| posted on 12-12-2009 at 05:48 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MarineAssist
Apparently, this is a boat that has basically been left abandoned in the slip for three years by it's owner.
Bet I can guess what will happen to it. |
End up at 76 falls??
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| posted on 12-12-2009 at 05:57 PM |
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Folks at Buck Creek / Omega Dock sure have had a tough couple of years. My heart goes out to them...
I say that Marine Assist should have the right to rescue the boat and claim her as salvage. Then, take her home, paint her in a new coat of that wild
orange paint, put that pretty logo along the sides and use her as a floating Command Post.
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| posted on 12-12-2009 at 06:11 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MarineAssist
Bet I can guess what will happen to it. |
It just doesn't end, does it.
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| posted on 12-12-2009 at 07:50 PM |
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An Update:
The houseboat passed Dixie Bend "twirling in circles" about 2 pm or so according to residents there, along with a section of dock with three fingers
attached, a loose pontoon boat and a couple runabouts as well as a section of dock roof.
Captain Dale took a look at the river there and said the debris was so bad from all the rains, you could walk across the lake.
I suspect the boats will probably pass Burnside here pretty shortly.
At this time none of the boats' owners have called me to retrieve any of them and they probably don't even know they are loose. The houseboat was
basically abandoned 3 years ago in the slip, so there is no one to speak for it. The rest????
If a person has not paid slip rent in 3 years, why is the boat still in the slip?? I have never figured that out about it here.
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| posted on 12-12-2009 at 10:43 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MarineAssist
An Update:
The houseboat passed Dixie Bend "twirling in circles" about 2 pm or so according to residents there, along with a section of dock with three fingers
attached, a loose pontoon boat and a couple runabouts as well as a section of dock roof.
Captain Dale took a look at the river there and said the debris was so bad from all the rains, you could walk across the lake.
I suspect the boats will probably pass Burnside here pretty shortly.
At this time none of the boats' owners have called me to retrieve any of them and they probably don't even know they are loose. The houseboat was
basically abandoned 3 years ago in the slip, so there is no one to speak for it. The rest????
If a person has not paid slip rent in 3 years, why is the boat still in the slip?? I have never figured that out about it here.
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Maybe it'll all be washed down below Waitsboro in time for the LC Grand Prix.
"I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof." ~ Rodney Dangerfield
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| posted on 12-13-2009 at 12:10 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Captain Bob
Folks at Buck Creek / Omega Dock sure have had a tough couple of years. My heart goes out to them...
I say that Marine Assist should have the right to rescue the boat and claim her as salvage. Then, take her home, paint her in a new coat of that wild
orange paint, put that pretty logo along the sides and use her as a floating Command Post. |
I second that motion CB!
Also, I also feel bad for Omega... I saw the news story the other day on it and it was not pretty. 
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| posted on 12-17-2009 at 01:21 PM |
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Well, we were contracted by a homeowners association to bring their community dock 20 miles back upstream to Buck Creek. Captain Dale is better than
halfway back with it as I write this. It is about a 30X50 main dock with 3 fingers and a long ramp to reach the shore. Quite a sight headed up the
lake. It will take a total of about 10 hours to get it back where it goes! It was 19 degrees this morning when we started the trek!
I have not heard any more regarding the houseboat, the pontoon or the fishing boats that drifted by from the melee. I figure the houseboat will end up
at Conley before it is over.
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| posted on 12-17-2009 at 09:30 PM |
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Paradise Acres communty dock is now back where it is supposed to be. All went well.
Omega Dock is scattered all over both banks of the lake for a few miles. The marina owner was out today with a small skiff trying to round up pieces
here and there. What a mess.
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| posted on 12-21-2009 at 09:33 AM |
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Omega?? Are you guys familiar with it? The reason I'm asking is that about 15 years ago we decided to take a drive over that way and we ended up at a
ramp/boat dock on Buck Creek. The dock owner or attendant there was talking to us and we asked him about Omega-- a place my dad remembered from back
in the 60's and 70's. He told us, and I quote, "I wouldn't take my family around there". He said that Omega had become a hangout place for biker
"gangs" and other undesirable sorts. I remember arguing with my dad afterwards because he decided we were'nt going to go check out Omega. I was mad
because he fell for the guys story about thugs occupying the area-- I said the guy at Buck Creek was probably spreading that rumour to help keep the
visitors and the money coming to his dock instead. My dad said "it's not worth taking any chances"...so I never got to see Omega. Sounds like it
must have been cleaned up in the intervening years. Do any of you Omega residents remember a time when there were any bad types hanging around the
campground? Did this ever happen, and if so when was it? I guess now I might finally be able to settle the argument with my dad
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| posted on 12-21-2009 at 09:56 AM |
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Been there several times and never heard or saw a problem. There are several new homes built around the ramp now. They have a problem with their docks
because they are old and are on the main river now. They just moved the old Buck Creek docks to Omega ramp.
As far as drugs are concerned, my experience has been they are all over Lake Cumberland area. They are like bootlegger's all over place and some
bootleggers sell booze and drugs.
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."
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| posted on 12-22-2009 at 12:18 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Brian
Omega?? Are you guys familiar with it? The reason I'm asking is that about 15 years ago we decided to take a drive over that way and we ended up at a
ramp/boat dock on Buck Creek. The dock owner or attendant there was talking to us and we asked him about Omega-- a place my dad remembered from back
in the 60's and 70's. He told us, and I quote, "I wouldn't take my family around there". He said that Omega had become a hangout place for biker
"gangs" and other undesirable sorts. I remember arguing with my dad afterwards because he decided we were'nt going to go check out Omega. I was mad
because he fell for the guys story about thugs occupying the area-- I said the guy at Buck Creek was probably spreading that rumour to help keep the
visitors and the money coming to his dock instead. My dad said "it's not worth taking any chances"...so I never got to see Omega. Sounds like it
must have been cleaned up in the intervening years. Do any of you Omega residents remember a time when there were any bad types hanging around the
campground? Did this ever happen, and if so when was it? I guess now I might finally be able to settle the argument with my dad |
I grew up in Somerset. In the late 80s and early 90s my boy scout troop had special permission from the Corps to have a summer camp at Omega Park,
which was otherwise closed to the public, for one week a summer. There were some problems then with people coming in. Mostly ATVers and such, but
there were lots of stories around town at that time about other undesirable things happening out there. I don't think the marina operator was trying
to scare you off to help his business, because there was nothing but a launching ramp and a picnic area/campground at Omega.
After the lake was lowered for the dam repairs in 2007, Buck Creek Marina (where you and your dad were) was moved to Omega on the main lake because
there's not enough water in Buck Creek now. So, it's totally different than when you were in the area.
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| posted on 12-22-2009 at 12:39 PM |
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Back in 80's and early 90's, we docked at Buck Creek Marina for quite a few years. Still remember Willy and GiGi talking in that German accent.
When we heard they were moving the dock to Omega ramp, we knew there would be issues given the condition of the dock. Hopefully no boats were
severely damaged.
We used to parasail off Omega ramp. People are correct, there were some issues with activity in the park, even though it was closed to the public.
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Anyone know how many boats are still moored at Buck/Omega. I haven't been there since it was moved, last time we visiting Buck Creek was obviously
before the lake was lowered. Gigi talked our heads off as she is from Brazil and we were living in Argentina at the time.
Just curious, maybe a trip this summer up the lake.
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Its been years since I've been up that way. It is truly a shame that a houseboat gets abandoned and is allowed to wash away. I remember when I
would have been tickled to death to have even the smallest houseboat. It is a rather ignominious fate for what was once the apple of the owner's
eye. Good luck with the fingers and dock.
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