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Rosslyn Redux

Reawakening a home, a dream and ourselves

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      • Themes
        • Wanderlust to Houselust – Why in the the world did I swap globetrotting for roots and rural renovation?
        • Archeology of Home – What the heck is “home” (and why do we suspend rational decision-making when it comes to our homes?)
        • Rehab Ad Infinitum – Resisting—and finally accepting—the fact that revitalizing our home and ourselves has no finish line.
        • Redacting Rosslyn – Less of a theme and more of a catch-all, this is a meta look at DIY-ing our renovation project (and this storytelling project).
        • Houselust to Wonderlust – Journeying from myopic nesting to wonder-fueled nomadism, from “helicopter homeownership” to seasonal migration and vagabonding…
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Rosslyn Boathouse: Friends, Flooding and Photos

Stephen Phillips field sketch and notes of Rosslyn shoreline/road condition
Stephen Phillips’ field sketch and notes of Rosslyn shoreline and road condition on Friday, May 27, 2011

This afternoon Essex neighbor Stephen Phillips stopped by to help assess the damage to Rosslyn boathouse caused by week after week after week of flooding. Having run a large contracting company for many years, his perspective is valuable and his offer of assistance welcome. In the photo below he’s sitting on the stairway down to Rosslyn boathouse with my bride, waiting for me to don waders and trudge out to the partially submerged boathouse.

Rosslyn Boathouse Flood Update

Susan Bacot-Davis and Stephen Phillips, Rosslyn boathouse stairway
Susan Bacot-Davis and Stephen Phillips, Rosslyn boathouse stairway

He spent the better part of an hour examining the structure, asking questions and advising us on how to proceed. We took plenty of notes! The good news is that the structure remains sound, and damage so far has been minimal. Unfortunately we identified increasing surface mold, especially prevalent on fir bead board that must have received less oil sealer than neighboring planks. Most boards are okay, but several are covered in green, gray and black fuzzy mold!

Beneath the water level inside and outside, everything is covered in slippery, green algae. We hope that this will be easy enough to remove with a pressure washer once the water retreats. At the very least we’ll need to re-seal and repaint all of the surfaces that have been saturated for the better part of two months. And until the water level falls another 18″ or so, we’ll need to continue monitoring the waterfront from large debris, trees, etc. Constant vigilance and quick log wrangling has saved the structure significant damage so far, but Steve was quick to remind us that even one of the large trees afloat in Lake Champlain combined with wind and wave action could devastate the boathouse. As if we needed the reminder!

George Davis in Rosslyn boathouse on May 16, 2011, photo credit Kathryn Cramer
George Davis in Rosslyn boathouse on May 16, 2011. (photo credit Kathryn Cramer)

On the bright side, he explained in impressive detail what is happening with the collapsing road. Have I mentioned this previously? Perhaps only on the Rosslyn Redux Facebook Page… That image at the top of this post is a sketch and notes he prepared last Friday when he came by to speak with the New York State DOT engineers who were preparing to stabilize the badly eroding bank. Actually, it turned out that the erosion was far more severe than he could ascertain, completely eliminating most of the embankment and undermining the road. The pavement began to crack in deep fissures running parallel to the lake as the weight of the road cause it to settle and slough.

The remedy involved 250 tons – approximately ten tandem dump truck loads – of riprap dumped over the side of the road to arrest further erosion and stabilize the road. I’ll share some video footage soon which reveals the current status of the waterfront and road including the riprap “armor”. The DOT is continuing to monitor the road to determine whether or not additional stabilization will be necessary.

In the event that the road continues to settle, the next step will be to install a steel sheet pile retaining wall. Steve’s explanation for why this would be advantageous was convincing, but we are hoping against hope that it will not be necessary to mar this historic waterfront with a steel retaining wall.

Steve offered to assist us in deciphering the potentially complex decisions ahead, and suggested that we should consider this an opportunity to permanently address the long term stability and safety of the waterfront. I appreciate his optimistic perspective, and my bride and I have sent out cosmic “Thank you!” vibes all afternoon.

Thanks to Rosslyn Boathouse’s Friends!

You might not even notice that the boathouse is flooded. A trick of the eye, but soon, I hope, the floorboards will be visible once again. 

Thanks also are due another friend and Champlain Valley writer/editor/blogger, Kathryn Cramer (@KathrynC), who has been doing an outstanding job of documenting Lake Champlain’s aquatic antics over the last couple of months. Full stop. Kathryn Cramer has done an outstanding job of documenting Lake Champlain for the last couple of years! That goofy picture of yours truly standing inside the boathouse in the earlier days of the flood was taken during her first visit to our soggy waterfront. She’s been back at least once, and even helped pull some driftwood up from the lake.

Kathryn’s support and understanding in recent weeks has been a big morale booster, and he exhaustive coverage of the 2011 Lake Champlain floods is simply unparalleled. I hope she’ll curate her many photos into an exhibition once we’ve all recovered from the damage. It would make for a fascinating chronicle!

Rosslyn boathouse transcending Lake Champlain floodwaters. (photo credit, Jill Piper)
Rosslyn boathouse transcending Lake Champlain floodwaters. (photo credit Jill Piper)

Although most photographs of Lake Champlain flooding in general and of Rosslyn‘s flooded waterfront in particular emphasize the dire and depressing, a spectacular counterpoint was recently shared by Jill Piper, the creative eye and lens behind www.pickapiperpic.com. Her photograph of our boathouse wading up to her knees in Lake Champlain was published on Facebook with the following caption:

…and the sun sets on another day under… fingers and toes crossed for a hot sunny week!!!

Ah, yes, another day under water, but optimism flowed easily after viewing her handsome image. In fact, unless you look closely at the lower left border (or recognize the submerged Old Dock Restaurant, visible in the distance), you might not even notice that the boathouse is flooded. A trick of the eye, but soon, I hope, the floorboards will be visible once again. And then we can set to work with pressure washer and paint brushes to restore her to her former glory. Thank you, Jill, for reminding us to smile, and for reminding us that being underwater (or not) is just a matter of cropping!

Did I mention that Steve Phillips told us all of the electrical system, outlets, fixtures, etc. would need to be opened up and inspected? Sigh…

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  1. Michelle Maskaly says

    June 1, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    Wow. I can’t believe all the water! Good luck. 🙂

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  2. virtualDavis says

    June 2, 2011 at 7:51 am

    Michelle, everyone up here is having a pretty hard time believing it too. Sooo wet! But at least the rain, rain, rain seems to have abated. Big relief, and Lake Champlain’s water level is starting to drop. Very. Slowly. If you go over to http://www.facebook.com/rosslynredux and click the photos link you can find a gallery of USGS water level graphs for the duration of the flood. Truly staggering to see the data!

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  3. Mihaly says

    June 2, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    …Well, the lake only recedes depending on one’s perspective, or rather, on which shoreline one may be standing upon and the prevailing wind of the day. And on days like these, when it’s cool, overcast and the threat of even more rain lingers within the now trained nostrils of what many of us have now become, Storm Sniffers!
    It’s a real mess all over. The land has become a giant sponge and standing water is on many farmlands. In Plattsburgh, you’d need a boat to go through the drive-thru at the Margaret St McDonalds.
    I’m thinking, perhaps I should sharpen up my carpenter skills, because anymore rain, and I will need to build an Ark !

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