Getting impatient

DeepCMark58A

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Yeah still winter here in Minnesota. I have all the parts to tune up the ski boat, ready to start buffing and cleaning. Figure it will be 6 more weeks before I bring the boat home and start working on it.
 

Scott Danforth

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you know the 4 seasons of Minnesota are Near Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Bad Sledding. Where in Wisconsin, it was June, July, August, and Winter

If you really want to buff and clean a boat, feel free to come on down. will feed you all the beer you can drink while buffing my boat..... LMAO
 

Ifishmuskie2

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I’ve been working on my boat off and on for the last five months. Probably 200 hrs. Just a few little things left. It’s an awesome boat.
 

aspeck

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I just need the water to rise so I can get the boat in the lake. The ice is breaking up on the main channel, but the coves are still iced over. Water from last summer and fall drought still has the water too low to launch. But ... water has risen 3 feet in the last 4 days. That is a good sign! A few more days and it could be time to launch!
 

Kosmofreeze

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Summer in the Northland: Just 6 weeks of bad sledding.

All seriousness aside ... On the positive side of our short but glorious boating season up North - if the season was 12 months, I don't think I could afford to be a boat owner. The winter months give my boat budget time to recover.
 

redneck joe

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As I drive to the new house every day getting it ready about 8 miles is along my lake, past my two ramps. Killing me...
 
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