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 Post subject: Launch Days
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:06 pm 
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Just wondering if and when everyone that had to suffer through the nasty winter is going to splash for the season.
Ours is scheduled to go in the week of April 28. Not much time for us to get things ready to go considering the temps we have had!!

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:38 pm 
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First week of May, IF it ain't raining.

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:57 pm 
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Some time in early May. The winter has been harsh and I'm waiting for the trees and debris to get done floating down the river.


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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:11 pm 
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I got out on the water two weekends ago for a couple of hours. Boat ran great and thankfully made it through the brutal without any damages.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:26 pm 
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Went out on Easter Sunday for a couple of hours as well. The run-off is just getting started so the water is still really low, but coming up fast. Boat ran great!
Good luck to all, as we get started.

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:22 pm 
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Was shooting for Memorial day weekend. But I just signed the contract for a seasonal slip today :D Now it will be whenever the darn ice is gone. :x Will be waxing the first weekend in May so I'll be ready to rock after that.

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:20 am 
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Location: Central East Coast Florida
Launched mine last weekend April 19th. Put in at the Indian River in East Central Florida and took the family up river to see the manatees and dolphins then stopped at a sandbar island for a picnic lunch.
Putting in in Oakland Maine the first of July.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:08 am 
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Mid May if all goes as planned!

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:55 am 
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Mid May if the river isn't too flooded. Already started waxing.
I will probably take the inflatable out for a spin earlier to catch some fish... Can't wait.. if only the water temp was higher than the mid 40's....

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:00 am 
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Spashed mine over Easter weekend on Saturday. Got a few things done at the slip and headed out on the lake for dinner. Spent a really nice evening grilling a steak, polished off a bottle of red and was the only boat in the cove we anchored in. Didn't pull the anchor until about 2 Sunday afternoon. Great launch weekend!

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:08 am 
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I'm scheduled to go in 1st full week in May, but it's looking not so sure, this winter has hung on a month more than usual. Our marina is really behind due to this and has already told us it might shift out by a week. They are re-freshing our bottom paint once it's out of indoor storage, and I just finally had the chance to work on the boat myself for the first time last weekend!
The marina can't take any boats out of storage or launch anything yet because we still have ice on Georgian Bay!

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:55 am 
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We splashed Easter Sunday. What a beautiful day!

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:29 pm 
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Also splashing week of 4/28......Mike, you should join us on our trip this year, Thousand Islands will be fun, more Vistas more fun.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:55 pm 
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1st of may. they say docks will be in by then. soon as they are in im there.sold my old boat last sunday they left my house called me 10 mins later asking where gas filler was. then sent me a text 5 hrs later saying they were on the way back from the dam.

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 Post subject: Re: Launch Days
PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:27 am 
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erie cruiser wrote:
Also splashing week of 4/28......Mike, you should join us on our trip this year, Thousand Islands will be fun, more Vistas more fun.


It's on my list of places to go. We can be there in roughly 6 days down the Trent Severn waterway. But this will not be the year. We are heading out to georgian bay for 2 weeks in July/August

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