Anyone in the water yet?

[scottbr]

Booked my launch date ..... next Tues, Apr. 21

Was up last weekend to pull off the tarp.... 4 powerboats in the water, although they are the ones prepped and launched 100% by the marina . This weekend will be wax on / wax off ala Maine Sail techniques and then hit the water Tues.

Although the docks are open there was large area of ice that was blown down the bay by the wind.

[sailingdog]

Wooo hooo... I'll be talking to the marina guys tomorrow. I'm hoping for sometime mid next week.

[CaptainForce]

Interesting question,- I didn't get it at first because of it's regional meaning. Many of us only haul out for a few days once every few years!

[canadianseamonkey]

I wish. We still have ice and snow at our end. Another 3 weeks for sure.

[scottbr]

Originally Posted by CaptainForce

Interesting question,- I didn't get it at first because of it's regional meaning. Many of us only haul out for a few days once every few years!

This is the Lake Huron section eh ..... for the ice bound in the Great White North.... not the sunny warm beaches and hot weather southernerners

[kwaltersmi]

Originally Posted by CaptainForce

Interesting question,- I didn't get it at first because of it's regional meaning. Many of us only haul out for a few days once every few years!

Yeah, well, you're not welcome in this section of the forum, Mr. WeOnlyHaulOutOnceEveryFewYears!

I plan to take the tarps off this weekend and do some minor maintainence (replace swingkeel wire, oil teak, wax hullsides). Then I'll be ready to go!

[CaptainForce]

Scottbr, Sorry, my mistake! ... I keep pulling posts off the "new posts" menu and I forget that they have all these defined categories. I need to watch my step! Aythya crew

[NICHOLSON58]

It was 22 yestertay AM in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its so cold in Muskegon at the boat that the hour ride home with full heat on didn't do it. I was still shaking when I stepped into the shower. Ice still on the lakes in Travers City and the glacier pushed up behind the transom finally melted last week. In Feb. you could step onto the boat from the ice pile. Tarps will not come off for at least two or three weeks.

[scottbr]

Originally Posted by CaptainForce

Scottbr, Sorry, my mistake! ... I keep pulling posts off the "new posts" menu and I forget that they have all these defined categories. I need to watch my step! Aythya crew

Of course you're more than welcome to step in and melt the ice anytime

Pictures of the sunny south would always help as well.

[scottbr]

Originally Posted by NICHOLSON58

It was 22 yestertay AM in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its so cold in Muskegon at the boat that the hour ride home with full heat on didn't do it. I was still shaking when I stepped into the shower. Ice still on the lakes in Travers City and the glacier pushed up behind the transom finally melted last week. In Feb. you could step onto the boat from the ice pile. Tarps will not come off for at least two or three weeks.

I wish it was 22 here, only supposed to hit 15 on Sat., but that should be warm enough to get the waxing done......







OHHHH ............... you mean deg. Farenheit