Letter from Paul H. Lord Hit and run at 5 Mile Point – All Otsego

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Letter from Paul H. Lord

Hit and run at
5 Mile Point

The severely damaged buoy was recovered from the bottom of the lake.

I received a report on Monday morning that someone had observed “a pontoon boat run over the 5 Mile Point no wake buoy” which subsequently “sunk!”

On Friday morning, we assembled a team of two faculty members and three students and investigated the 5-mile Point buoy location (which is 105' deep; a challenging dive).

I found the buoy on the bottom, attached a lift bag and brought it up to within 20' of the surface where, upon inspection, we found what is depicted in the attached photo. We have never seen such damage to one of our buoys from a single impact.

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