Mat Laying Crews and Tasks

Main diver will start / stop events. Once divers are down, pontoon boat captain will take over command.

Pontoon boat with “Captain”

• Captain will start / stop event
• Captain is in charge of diver’s safety
• Will use megaphone, if needed, to direct operation or to tell other boats to stay at a distance
• Will use underwater horn (or simply bang on boat) if divers need to come up immediately.
• Megaphone and under-water sounding horn available from Karen Meltzer
• Transport rolled mats.

Other motor boats

• Assist captain with diver’s safety by keeping spectators in motor crafts away.
• Shuttleling divers or other volunteers when needed.
• Drop and pick up “diver down” buoys

• Carry spare mesh bags and surface nets

Canoes/ kayaks

• 3-4 boats
• Assist pontoon boat captain with diver’s safety by watching divers’ air bubbles, ideally one boat per diver.

• While a few collection nets are available for use, please plan to bring your own (CrossRoads usually stocks inexpensive butterfly nets. The ideal implement is a pool skimmer.)
• Collect any milfoil fragments.
• Bring a plastic grocery bag to remove your fragment collection at the end of the day for disposal away from the lake. (Milfoil makes good garden compost.)
• Keep other boats (spectators) away from diving area
• Assist captain with diver’s safety by watching divers’ air bubbles

Additional Tasks for Hand Harvesting

Shuttle boat

• Collecting milfoil from canoes and kayaks
• Bringing milfoil to shore.

Canoes/ kayaks

• Collect mesh bags from divers
• Bring milfoil to shuttle boat

Milfoil Disposal

• 1-2 people.

• Equipment: 1 large garbage pail. A second small garbage pail may be useful.
• Unload milfoil from shuttle boat as it is brought to shore.
• When the work is over, dispose of the milfoil by taking it to the Town landfill, or compost it at a location away from the lake.
• If the event is expected to produce a large amount of milfoil, i.e. one or more truck loads, arrange to borrow a truck from Brant Lake Camp and contact Doug Paton so that he can obtain a permit from the Town.