Term for a floating log

[jkindredpdx]

Dead Heads, also common in the PNW, are fans of the Grateful Dead that follow the touring band around...

[desodave]

And this is what it looks like after a high tide storm - northern part of the Salish Sea. Not enough seagulls for this

[Sir_Crabs_A_Lot]

Originally Posted by desodave

And this is what it looks like after a high tide storm - northern part of the Salish Sea. Not enough seagulls for this

Who do you think is taking the photo?... it's a seagull!

[toddster8]

I've seen logs get sucked DOWN into the tidal vortexes off San Juan islands. That means they have to come UP somewhere, like organic torpedoes...

BTW: deadheads are also profuse during spring flood on or near west coast rivers. Often trees with the rootballs either up or down, depending on how much rock they have in them.

Missed one by about two feet last week. Didn't even see it until it was past. Maybe better not to even know, than to know they're out there and I'm not seeing them.

[Macblaze]

Originally Posted by desodave

And this is what it looks like after a high tide storm - northern part of the Salish Sea. Not enough seagulls for this

Sure there is ...if they stop masquerading as crab traps. It's our favourite game: Seagull or Crabtrap?

[Davie J.]

We call them "poppers" in Alaska because they vertically pop up and down with the waves.

[ninethlife]

Evergreen cruiser.

[Sojourner]

Originally Posted by jkindredpdx

Dead Heads, also common in the PNW, are fans of the Grateful Dead that follow the touring band around...

It took THREE pages for someone to make this comment??

[Paul Elliott]

Speaking of deadheads, we've got a grounded one in our little cove, and it seems to have settled in a permanent way over the last few years. I rowed out to it and tied on a float/pole/flag buoy that I made from a washed-up crab-pot float (including buoy line), a bit of PVC pipe, an orange rag, and some zip-ties. I made a counterweight from a juice jug filled with beach rocks and water, to keep the pole upright.

I should have put a Grateful Dead sticker on the buoy. Especially since it had been a pot float. And washed up.

[Fiveslide]

Here's what our cove looked like after Florence. The rest of the lake looks like a river of logs and plenty of deadheads. Usually don't even leave the dock until it clears out. Our dock is out there, somewhere.

[Buzzman]

I think 'snag' is the term for those that are 'snagged' on the bottom only. Usually these are in rivers, but could include those in bays and estuaries that have 're-attached' themselves to terrra firma.

There's a giant one on the River Murray in NSW that regularly catches boats out. It's even been 'named' by the local boaters. Old Mo, or, Fred, I can't remember which....