" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?

Been ready since last Saturday

2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?

no time

3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?
Checked fluids, prop, replaced battery


4. Did you do it yourself or contract it out?

contract it out - this is what illegals are for!

5. What size is your boat?

23 footer

JimH wrote:
Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?

2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?

3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?

4. Did you do it yourself or contract it out?

5. What size is your boat?

I'm north of some of the U.S., does that count?

Reginald P. Smithers wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:

On Tue, 9 May 2006 08:07:43 -0400, "JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com
REMOVETHIS wrote:

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
...
Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?

Supposedly.



2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?


One minute.



3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?


I call the dealer and tell the shop to "recommission, please."

When I pick up Yo Ho from the dealer, I load it up with all the stuff I
took off last Thanksgiving.




Harry,
Is MD considered the North or the South?

--
Reggie

Both, it's north of a lot of the U.S., and also south of a lot of the
U.S.

"basskisser" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?

2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?

3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?

4. Did you do it yourself or contract it out?

5. What size is your boat?

I'm north of some of the U.S., does that count?


As long as the boating is generally seasonal......sure!

On Tue, 09 May 2006 10:18:53 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

As a Yankee, I consider Maryland a southern state geographically. It is,
after all, just east of Virginia, which no one questions as a southern
state.

But historically, it is a northern state. It was part of the Union
during the Civil War.

Weatherwise, it is near-northern in the winter, and near-southern in the
summer. But we do have four distinct seasons.

North!

Yes. If you have to winterize your boat, it's north.

basskisser wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

On Tue, 9 May 2006 08:07:43 -0400, "JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com
REMOVETHIS wrote:


" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
...

Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?

Supposedly.




2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?


One minute.




3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?


I call the dealer and tell the shop to "recommission, please."

When I pick up Yo Ho from the dealer, I load it up with all the stuff I
took off last Thanksgiving.





Harry,
Is MD considered the North or the South?

--
Reggie


Both, it's north of a lot of the U.S., and also south of a lot of the
U.S.


MD is the tropics as far as I'm concerned.

JimH wrote:
Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?

More or less ready to go. Just need to drop the mast from its slightly
suspended position to snug up against the cabin for travel. Probably
will go in the water next week. Would do it this weekend but our
favourite extra hand is traveling to Florida for a convention. We will
either enlist less experienced help or wait till he gets back.


2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?

A few hours



3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?


remove tarp. Remove the frame that supports the tarp when it is piled
with 10 feet of snow.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat. (just kidding about the repeat part)

Get outboard serviced/checked out

Last year we stripped and refinished the teak - that took a few days.


4. Did you do it yourself or contract it out?


The outboard is done by professional types. Anything else is DIY.


5. What size is your boat?

21' Sirius sailboat.

Stella

JimH wrote:
Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?


Mine lives on a trailer but yes, I have been out riding it for I think
five weekends now, started the season on Apr. 2nd with a figure-eight
around Staten Island and Manhattan; rides have included an overnight
trip up the Hudson River and an afternoon swing around Fire Island just
this past weekend.

2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?

3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?

4. Did you do it yourself or contract it out?

Took it to the local dealership for their spring conditioning service,
they did a good job and provided good value on winterizing it last
winter. I guess for spring prep they check the condition of the
battery and that things are properly lubed and/or tightened. Up to
about 160 trouble-free hours on the Yamaha four-stroke now at the
beginning of its second season.




5. What size is your boat?

11 feet!

richforman

On Tue, 09 May 2006 10:18:53 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

SNIP
Harry,
Is MD considered the North or the South?



Well, that's not such an easy question to answer.

As a Yankee, I consider Maryland a southern state geographically. It is,
after all, just east of Virginia, which no one questions as a southern
state.

But historically, it is a northern state. It was part of the Union
during the Civil War.

Weatherwise, it is near-northern in the winter, and near-southern in the
summer. But we do have four distinct seasons.

North!

I believe that Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon Line, which many
would consider Southern. It was also a slave holding state during the
Civil War even though it stayed in the Union.

Dave Hall

wrote:
JimH wrote:

Sorry southerners, but this poll is for northern boaters only.

Answer these questions:

1. Is your boat in the water and/or ready to go?



Mine lives on a trailer but yes, I have been out riding it for I think
five weekends now, started the season on Apr. 2nd with a figure-eight
around Staten Island and Manhattan; rides have included an overnight
trip up the Hudson River and an afternoon swing around Fire Island just
this past weekend.


2. How much time did you spend prepping your boat for launch?

3. What exactly did you do/have done to the boat to prep it?

4. Did you do it yourself or contract it out?


Took it to the local dealership for their spring conditioning service,
they did a good job and provided good value on winterizing it last
winter. I guess for spring prep they check the condition of the
battery and that things are properly lubed and/or tightened. Up to
about 160 trouble-free hours on the Yamaha four-stroke now at the
beginning of its second season.



5. What size is your boat?


11 feet!

richforman


Do you brave 'Hell's Gate' on your boat?