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What's Your Countdown?...
For all you non-tropical geographic types, here in Va. we're lookin' to start splashin' in earnest on a weekly basis beginning in about two weeks...
St. Patty's weekend usually marks the end of winterization and the begining of boatin' season for my local homey's....
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St. Patty's weekend usually marks the end of winterization and the begining of boatin' season for my local homey's....
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Rick,
My planed splash date is the first week in April. I wish I could splash on St Patricks day but it is still too cold up here. Can not wait, come on spring....
My planed splash date is the first week in April. I wish I could splash on St Patricks day but it is still too cold up here. Can not wait, come on spring....
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It won't necessarily be so warm, as the weather down here is famous for it's early "indian summer" weather. But I've got some nice boating jackets and ski-caps I normally use in the late fall. So I look at it as fall in a time-machine headin' backwards....
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Last year I had over a hundred hours logged by June and ended the season with around 250. Didn't get the Sunsation until late June.....
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Usually get the boat out of storage April 1st,and start getting it ready for the season.Seems like a long ways off though,today we're looking at 4 below!!!!!!
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Yesterday it was 70 and rain but we're in the 40's-50's during the week with mid-60's Saturday. We're hit or miss from here on out in Va. Beach....
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