Roger Long wrote:
I'm contemplating an early spring, west to east, trip the length of Lake
Erie to deliver a 32 foot sailboat.

as a longtime commercial pilot who has observed Lake Erie from above I'd
say pay attention to the amount of ice formed this winter and the speed
of the breakup

depending on the severity of the winter over the past 25 years I have
seen _many_ square kilometers of pack ice as late as early June that
have rendered the far east end of the lake unpassable as the ice, driven
by the prevailing westerlies, piles up against the ice boom placed at
the entry to the Niagara River