How the Grinch Stole Sailing Season

[Saluki86]

Last Sunday in North Alabama.  71deg with 10mph winds.



Of course that was between tornadoes and it was back down to 29deg 5 days later!  But opening day was good!

[nies]

Hayward,Wi....18inchs still on ground ...............33 degrees....................3 to 5 inchs of snow tonight..................Walleye opener May5 will not happen because the lakes wiil be still frozen......................talk about a Grinch........................nies

[Salty19]

Man, I thought we had it bad this winter/spring in Ohio.   Sounds like we in fact got off easy compared to you Wisconsin boys, not a flake of snow in April and it's starting to feel like spring, although only in the last week.

Life isn't too good for Punxsutawney Phil this year. According to this article, an Ohio prosecutor is seeking the death penalty on poor 'ol Punky Phil.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/punxsutawney-phil-2013-prediction-forecast_n_2932895.html

[kickingbug1]

    well yesterday we decided to give it a try. 72 degrees wind southeast 10 to 20. perfect sailing on carlyle lake----we thought.  who would have thought the 7 year old battery in my s-10 would have died? it did.  undaunted, i jumped it with the tractor put the cables in the tool box and off we went. sadly when we got to hazlett they had pulled the docks out. the lake was flooding and they expected it to continue to rise. well without the docks to tie up to we gave it up and headed home and sadly "audrey j" was back in her spot in the garage. i have yet to field test my new furler. jason im gonna get in touch with you next week about the lake level. for those sailing ----fairwinds and calm seas.   for clr sailors-----practice for the "big race"

[MacGyver]

Lake level as of right now will goto 451
Hopefully it will be in good shape and not go up farther. We have started flood prep because in 1 more foot we start to evacuate the basement of our office......not a big deal.....yet.

The only ramp open is the high water damn west ramp I think. May be another one on the lake I don't know of.

Hopefully we don't get any more rain till we can handle more comfortably.... and they plan to open to 10000 cfm asap in regards to the river.

Feast or famine around here with water.........

Mac

[NateD]

I brought Annie Belle home this week for a little maintenance and a few upgrades. We got 6" of wet heavy snow last night. The snow is beautiful, the boat is beautiful, but the boat in the snow in late April is just sad.

[brackish]

can tell there is a lot of snow melt and runnoff up north.  Went to the marina yesterday and it was a wet cold trek to the boat.  Marina has floating docks but the access ramps start at hinged fixed point ramps on the bank.  One end of the ramp floats up with the dock, the other stays at the bank hinge point elevation.  The bank end was underwater yesterday, so a knee deep walk through some very cold water.  Going back today, shorts and crocs for access.

[crazycarl]

who of us hasn't been there?

[bimmerhead]

My condolences to all whom have felt cheated this year, but hopefully that will change soon!

I did manage to get two beautiful, adrenalin filled days with my 16 last week, May 2nd and 3rd.... Winds very lively, gusts even more so, and I got to check my new sails and Honda 2hp! Awesome 2 days of sailing in steady 15kts., that was great, it's the 25kt gusts that can catch you off-guard.. Got wet for sure, but didn't dump it and only felt desparate once... Ohio is beautiful in May!