That's correct Katy, in FL we have to worry about tropical storms and
hurricane's. When In MI we had to worry about winterized motors and
exposure. A lot of the marinas have breakwalls, but this does not stop
all the little creatures that love to live on the bottom side of the
sailboat
called barnacles, and having to re-do the bottom side of the boats can
get to be a real pain. I was born and raised in Michigan I know how
pretty the great lakes are

hummm now that you mention it?
I think we have tropical storm heading this way

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"katysails" wrote in message
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Also getting
the boats
in storage for the winter was costly. Glad I don't have to worry about that

In actuality, the cost of wintering a boat in outside storage plus the cost
of a slip in season is about exactly equal to the overall cost of keeping a
boat in a slip all season in the south, plus annual haulout to unchink the
cruddies that have decided to bore into the bottom of your boat...plus the
added expenses of sun exposure on canvas, much more time and effort spent on
keeping wood scrubbed and oiled or bright...and then there's the expense of
finding somewhere to go when there's a hurricane...or the salvage cost of
getting it off the beach or wherever it winds up because you can't or won't
sail it into the face of a storm to avoid damage.....
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