Launched boat#1!

May 25, 2012
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john alden caravelle 42 sturgeon bay, wis
i'm 2 months out. we're due for 3" of snow tomorrow night here in toledo. if i were up nort, it's brown trout season anyway. granddaughter,9, got a 12lb er saturday trolling the shallows on the big lake.
 
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Jan 7, 2011
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Oday 322 East Chicago, IN
I put Tally Ho in the water on April 1. Only sailboat in even today, but I got out on the water to shake out the sails twice. No water on at the marina yet, but the bathrooms are now open...and of course the bar in the Yacht Club!

I am a bit farther south than @Jackdaw though!

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Cheers,

Tally Ho
 
Nov 8, 2010
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Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
I put Tally Ho in the water on April 1. Only sailboat in even today, but I got out on the water to shake out the sails twice. No water on at the marina yet, but the bathrooms are now open...and of course the bar in the Yacht Club!

I am a bit farther south than @Jackdaw though!

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Cheers,

Tally Ho
That’s impressively early! Ice out on Lake Minnetonka was March 31 this year, and it would’ve been possible for me to launch on that day. But the crane doesn’t get turned on until after an inspection, which is normally mid April. But like others have noted April is fickle in the northern Midwest. On Saturday and Sunday it was in the 60s and sunny. Today it snowed. Thursday, back in the 60s.
 
Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
i'm 2 months out. we're due for 3" of snow tomorrow night here in toledo. if i were up nort, it's brown trout season anyway. granddaughter,9, got a 12lb er saturday trolling the shallows on the big lake.
That’s an impressive fish!