A ce chapitre, je consulte régulièrement le site web sur lequel on peut lire les niveaux d'eau de la rivière Richelieu. Sur le graphique, on voit, évidemment, les niveaux records atteints au mois de mai, mais aussi, l'élévation marquée du niveau de l'eau due au passage de la tempete tropicale qui se trouvait a etre les restes de l'ouragan Irene, a la fin du mois d'aout. Puis, on voit que par la suite, le niveau a doucement rebaissé et aujourd'hui, il est tout près de la moyenne. Touchons du bois pour que ca le demeure.
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I go at the marina every once in a while, to check that everything is in order. The new tarps are in place since late october and the marina's workers did move my boat forward slightly and raised it a bit more above the ground, as I asked early august. I wished they would have done that earlier but its never too late as I still have lots of work to do under the boat next summer. Transforming the hull, turning it from a single hard chine one into a double hard chine one, completely changed its look plus definitely fixed the glassing problem. Besides a last 7 feet long section at the rear, the whole hull can now be immerged without problem. As for that last section at the rear, it resisted incredibly well last spring, more than I ever hoped in my dreams, thanks to the interprotect I applied over the plywood, years ago. I am confident it will still resist if there's another flood next spring.
About floodings and water levels, I regularly check relevent websites on which I can read the evolution of the water levels in the Richelieu river. On the graphic, one can see the record levels reached in may, but also, the sharp raise from the tropical storm that was the leftovers of the Irene hurricane, late august. After that, the water level slowly lowered, and is now almost back to his average level. Let's hope it will stay that way.

