It’s also the world’s largest YMCA. I swim during work hours and almost always have a lane to myself—over 95% of the time. Or, if I start doing the butterfly stroke, my lane mysteriously clears out…
What is an acre foot
Tully said:
What is an acre foot
It’s a unit of volume equal to 1,233,481.8 liters. In Canada, they accept both metric and imperial units
Tully said:
What is an acre foot
It’s a unit of volume equal to 1,233,481.8 liters. In Canada, they accept both metric and imperial units
Who cares about your pool volume? What’s the length
Tully said:
What is an acre foot
It’s a unit of volume equal to 1,233,481.8 liters. In Canada, they accept both metric and imperial units
Since we’re talking random stuff… It has a noticeable slope on one side. I suspect that’s for running starts
Tully said:
What is an acre foot
Exactly what it means. It’s a unit of volume which is the size of an area in acres times a depth in feet. For example, one acre one foot deep in water or half an acre two feet deep. They use it sometimes for large scale water projects in the US. I’ve never heard it used in casual conversation, especially not about swimming pools. Usually, people use cubic feet or gallons.
@Jagger
And here’s a fun fact: an acre is 160 square rods, which is also called a perch. A rod is 16.5 feet, and a perch is 272.25 square feet. One acre is 43,560 square feet. So an acre-foot is one acre, one foot deep, which equals 43,560 cubic feet. They have other units of measure like chains and links, but it gets a bit complicated. At least in the US, we figured out measuring in feet is easier. Except for acres.
Wh…where
Marley said:
Wh…where
Here’s a link with more info Calgary is the home of world's largest YMCA - Triathlon Magazine Canada
Marley said:
Wh…where
Here’s a link with more info Calgary is the home of world's largest YMCA - Triathlon Magazine Canada
Wow, I live here, have a YMCA membership, and didn’t even know this place was here. (To be fair, I live just 3 minutes from another YMCA) I’m coming for the lanes now lol
I’d like to go there and learn basic cooking skills
How many bananas does that equal
Is there a point where it makes more sense to build two normal sized pools instead of one big one? It seems like being able to take one out of service while the other is still in use would be helpful. But I don’t really know much about pool operations.
@Nevin
If you look more carefully, you will see that the middle isn’t actually making a separate pool. It’s actually a platform. This is just one pool with a solid divider. The benefit is that you can have a warm-up/cool-down pool that doesn’t affect competition.
@Nevin
The divider is a platform that can move to the left or right, often called a bulkhead. I’m not sure why pools have it, but it’s usually used to divide a 50-meter pool into two 25-yard pools. During long course season, we’d have a 50-meter pool for practices and races but would be stuck with just 1 lane for warm-ups, and when it’s short course season, we’d have an extra pool for warm-ups.
I swim there almost every day at 5:30am. It feels amazing
Chandler said:
I swim there almost every day at 5:30am. It feels amazing
How busy is it at that time
Chandler said:
I swim there almost every day at 5:30am. It feels amazing
How busy is it at that time
You can usually get a fast or medium lane. Sometimes you’ll share with another person in the 25m setup. When it’s 50m, there are usually 3 per lane, but it’s still good
@Chandler
When it’s long course, having 3 people in a lane is pretty empty.