Fred, Come to Annapolis Sunday. Temps in the 50s, southerly winds 8-10. I plan to shove off late morning.
Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net>wrote: > Up here in northern Minnesota/Wisconsin (almost Canada…), being on the > hard is an annual event as the water freezes solid. Here's a satellite > picture of Lake Superior from almost exactly four years ago -- the area I > primarily sail is the grouping of islands near the western end of the lake: > > http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/mqt/Lake%20Superior%20ice%20Mar3_09tbig.jpg > > So all the boats in the marinas are hauled out and put on cradles or > jackstands in the parking lot. That means about 120 boats, mostly sail, at > the marina where I keep my boat. It does get a bit crowded; you can > literally walk all the way across the large parking lot by stepping from > one deck to the next -- something like this, but a lot closer together, and > with much more snow: > > http://www.clydemarina.com/images/winter_storage.jpg > > I expect to launch sometime in May, with any luck -- but it's been a very > snowy late winter here, so it's hard to tell. I'd be very happy to trade > boats with you for a while, since you're so looking forward to being on the > hard, and I'd love to be somewhere with warm water for a change… :^) > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > > On Mar 26, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Anthony Mitchell <archemys...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > When do you think you will get off the hard? We will be up for a pretty > major refit after this stint as well, because the boat has been in remote > locations for a long time now and has been maintained out of suitcases. It > will be nice to get onto the hard for some serious work :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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