2014-04-25 Margaret Lake Trout Fishing

Some of you may recall that in mid April 2013 I went on a trout fishing trip in Margaret Lake.  We had such a blast on that trip last year that I really wanted to make another trip like that one this year.

For the trip this year I had my grandson Tyler, aged 9, and my long-time friend Bob Hammer going along as crew. 

I wanted to make the trip without having to take a day off from work, so I had everything ready to go before Friday morning and I went on to work very early that day so that I could take off for the weekend at about 1:30 PM.  I went over and picked up Tyler a little early from school, and Bob met us down at the boat.  We pulled out just a little ahead of schedule at about 3 PM.

The weather was sunny with light SE winds.  Pretty good traveling weather.

 

The above two map snippets show the route from my home stall in Bar Harbor north up into Behm Canal, and then into Traitors Cove, and then into Marguerite Bay.  Total distance one way is about 28 nautical miles.

There is a USFS dock there that is first come first served for moorage, and the lake is about a mile up the logging road.  A friend of mine has a small metal skiff hidden in the brush near the lake which would allow us to get out on the lake and fish.

We had a rough ride for the last portion of the trip, probably about a 6 on my 1 - 10 list of rough water.  I'm sure it was the roughest water that Tyler had experienced.  I was piloting from the flybridge helm and Tyler was in the cabin down below so I asked Bob to go down and check on him, and also to clear things off the counters that might go flying.  Tyler was struggling a bit but he held his own and managed to hold his lunch down until we got into calmer waters.

Once we got inside Traitors Cove we prepared the shrimp pots (3) and crab pots (2) and dropped all of them before heading in to the dock.  There were some guys there from Ketchikan Redi Mix working on the road, but other than that, the dock was clear and we got a good spot at the dock (very important for this expedition).

Here is my contented crew at the USFS dock on Friday evening.  Tyler was breaking in the brand new fishing rod and reel that I had gotten him for this trip.

We were treated to a beautiful sunset that evening, and I had one pretty happy and excited grandson.

We spent the remainder of the evening getting our gear organized for a long day of fishing on Saturday.

On Saturday morning we were up early and had a cold breakfast so that we could get moving more quickly.  The weather was on and off, with rain showers now and then.

The protocol here was to load all the gear we'd need into my rolling cart, and walk the mile or so up the road to the lake.  Sorry I forgot to get a picture of the loaded cart before we headed up the road.  We had to take the 4 HP motor (53 lbs), extra fuel, tire pump, life jackets, life cushions, oars, canvas deck chair, firewood log, and of course we each had our fishing gear and our own personal gear in our back packs.  The little cart was fully loaded.

It was a tough haul getting all that gear up the road, but with Bob and I both pulling we made it in good time.

Once up at the lake we left the cart along the side of the logging road and then busted through the brush to where the skiff was hidden.  Then we paddled the skiff back to where the cart was and mounted the motor and loaded the gear aboard.  It was tough work, but having a skiff and a motor on that lake made it very much worth it.

We spent the whole day fishing the lake, either from the gravel bar at the head of the lake where the inlet stream comes in, or from the skiff.  Weather was good and bad throughout the day.  I wore my rain gear all day, so that tells you a little about the predominant weather.  We had several rain squalls, at least 2 or 3 intense hail storms, interspersed with periods of blue sky.

Here are several shots taken throughout the day at various times that show how we did.  Obviously I could not take pictures during the drenching rain storms or the pelting hail storms, so the pictures may not give a true impression of the weather situation.  But at least you can see that we did catch a few fish.

Tyler said that he caught all his fish on his "lucky lure."  But when I asked him if he had tried any other lures, he said no.  Hmm, how does that work?

Bob brought both fly fishing gear and spinning gear.

I had brought along one of those Presto Log type firewood logs, thinking we could have a nice fire on the gravel bar.  But frankly it was so breezy and cold that even though it did light, it did not provide much warmth or even much esthetic value.

Bob hates to wear rain gear, preferring wool gear, so the fact that he actually put his rain gear on shows you what it was like just previous to this picture being taken.

I know I have posted numerous pictures of Margaret Lake from the bridge, but it is such a beautiful setting that I cannot resist posting yet one more.

After re stowing the skiff, and loading the cart we then had to walk back to the boat lugging that cart with all the gear, plus now we had fish to deal with.  Thankfully it is mostly downhill on the return trip.

Here's a proud little boy with a pretty good stringer full of trout.

That evening after dinner we had a couple of visitors, one I could get a picture of and one that I could not.  We saw this heron (or crane?) fishing near the boat and that was cool.  But then, way across the bay, on the other shore, I saw movement and put the binoculars on it.  It was a wolf walking along the beach.  Too far away to take a picture, but that is way cool, because you just don't see wolves that often in this country.

On Sunday morning we took the time to enjoy a hot breakfast of bacon and eggs.  After that Bob and I took Tyler up the road and gave him the opportunity to shoot his first real firearm, my old .22 rifle that I've had since high school.  Darned if I didn't forget to take my camera up the road with us.  He really enjoyed it and he actually made that Mt Dew can dance!

We pulled out from the dock about 8:45 AM and pulled the pots.  Got only 1 keeper crab, but a pretty good load of shrimp.

Tyler was impressed with the baby Tanner crab that was in the pot.

We tried a little bit of halibut fishing on the way home, but all we managed to do there was to lose some gear after getting hung up on the bottom.  I guess the fishing Gods were telling us that we're only allowed to have just so much fun on one trip.

I shut down the engines and we drifted out there while I cooked up some hot dogs for lunch.

We just ran to town from there, going through some rain squalls and a little chop.  Tyler sacked out on the couch down in the main cabin while Bob and I ran from the flybridge.

We got into the harbor about 3 PM with total trip mileage of about 56 nautical miles.

Another successful adventure on Faraway!

2014-03-22 Marguerite Bay Trip

I had been aching to get out again for some time, but bad weather and home and boat projects had kept me in port for awhile.  But the weather forecast for this weekend was looking good so I decided to make a trip to Marguerite Bay.  I had not been there yet this year and it is always a neat place to visit.

This first map segment shows the general route from Bar Harbor out to Marguerite Bay.  It is in Traitors Cove, which is in Behm Canal.  Behm Canal is the body of water that runs completely around our island.

This second map segment shows a little more detail of the entrance to Traitors Cove, and shows the location of the lake.  I've never figured out why the navigational charts show it as Marguerite Bay when the land maps show it as Margaret Lake.

In any case, I pulled out about 7 AM on Saturday morning in cool, calm, and partly cloudy weather.  Winds were light from the NW.

On the way out an alarm started sounding.  On a boat there are numerous things that can generate an alarm, none of them good.  I started searching all over to try to locate the source of the alarm.  Was it low engine oil, high engine temperature, high water in the bilge?  No, when unpacking the groceries and stowing them I must have hit the button on the kitchen timer.  That's about the only alarm on the boat that generally signifies something good.

Here are some ferries sitting at the shipyard docks.  All the ferries are named after glaciers (no, I don't know why.)  Also notice the bright orange life boat on the ferry Tustomena.  It is one of those totally enclosed, self-righting life boats.  Having never been inside one of them I must assume that the pilot sits in the raised section aft (near the back), which is where the small windows are.

I had a beautiful but uneventful run through Clover Pass and on up into Behm Canal proper. Water conditions were excellent.

As I approached Naha Bay I decided to drop my personal use halibut skate on the halibut hole out in front.  AK Dept of Fish  & Game allows a personal use halibut skate of 2 hooks only to be dropped as long as you are not rod fishing while it is down.  Basically it is a small anchor on the bottom, a long line with 2 hooks attached, and a buoy at the top.  I have yet to catch anything worthwhile on this, but it is easy to set and to pull so I continue to try.

I have been told that halibut like to feed on shallow plateaus that are surrounded by lots of deep water.  Check out this shot of my GPS unit.  It shows the current depth at over 1000', and the depths around waypoint #72 to be around 240'.  A waypoint is a fixed location on the ocean that is marked and identified by latitude and longitude.  I dropped my skate right near WP #72.

Since it was so calm out here I took this opportunity to prepare and bait my shrimp pots so that they'd be ready when I got into Traitors Cove.

Oil pressure in my port engine was reading a little low, so I shut down the engine and went down to the engine room and added oil to the engine.  That made it much happier.

I got safely inside Traitors Cove and dropped my 3 shrimp pots.  Then I prepped and baited my 2 crab pots and also dropped them, then went in to the dock.

Not a bad place to spend the night, don't you think?  Looks like I have the place to myself.

I have to warn you about this next shot.  It is a shot of wolf "scat," so if you are sensitive to this type of photo you might want to skip over it quickly.

There was a lot of wolf sign on and near the road.  Ever since I ran into that wolf in January (see my Shelter Cove trip posting) I have been more aware of their presence.  For this trip I loaded more rounds into my pistol magazines and made sure they were more accessible than in the past.

In any case, it appears that wolves cannot digest fur, or bones, or in this case, claws.  I've been trying to figure out what he ate that had claws like that.

I walked up to the first bridge, which is a little over a mile I think.  I know I have posted pictures of the lake from here before, but it was so clear and so sunny that I cannot resist posting just a couple more.  This time I remembered my polarizing filter which I have been told "puts the blue back in the sky," and so I hope they look just a little better this time.

My original plan had been to walk along the side of the lake until I got past the lake outlet area and do some fishing.  But as you can see the main part of the lake is still iced up.  So I fished in the outlet area for about an hour.  My biggest catch was about an 18 incher, hemlock I think, but could have been spruce.  I don't really know my woods like I should.

On the way back to the boat I took the detour down to the Margaret Creek Bear and Fish Viewing platform.  This is like a poor man's Anan Creek (see my Anan Creek posting from last summer.)  I rarely come here in the summer and so I rarely see either bears or fish here.

I came across this great "Bear Bread" fungus on the hike down to the platform.

I took a few shots of the fish ladder.  For those uninitiated in the ways of the salmon, a fish ladder is a man made detour around a particularly difficult section of river or creek, usually a falls that the fish cannot get over or around.  The fish ladder allows the salmon to bypass that obstacle and thus gain access to the creek or river or lakes that are above it for spawning.

It is a marvel to me that the salmon find their way to the fish ladder, but it is obvious that they do.

In this last shot you can just see the end of the fish ladder (mostly hidden by trees) as it enters calm man made pools, which continue to work their way around the obstruction.

It sure is nice to have a few more hours of daylight to work with now.  In the dead of winter I'd have to be back at the boat by 3:30 or 4:00 PM.  Now it is staying light until 7 PM or so.

I made my way back to the boat and was rewarded with just a beautiful evening in the bay.  Check out this sunset.

I had a quiet evening on board, spent playing guitar, reading, doing cross words, etc.  I always bring lots of "diversions" with me so I never get bored.

It was very quiet night with the stars out.  In the morning I was greeted with ice around the dock and around the boat.  Not heavy ice, but ice nonetheless.

Some docks are more prone to ice than others.  The Naha has the strong current from the river there so we rarely have ice around the dock.  There is a river (creek) here as well, but it is further away from the dock and there wasn't much wind overnight, so all around the dock and the boat was a thin layer of skim ice.

If the ice is thick enough it can damage a fiberglass hull.  It didn't look that bad to me and I wasn't planning to leave for a few hours so I wasn't worried about it.

Another small boat came in right before I pulled out, and they cleared a small path through the ice.  They were headed up the road for a short hike.

I pulled out about 10:15 AM and immediately pulled the 2 crab pots.  The first pot had 7 crabs, but only 3 of them were legal size.  A couple were very very close, but I tossed them back anyway.

The second crab pot had only 1 crab in it and he was clearly undersized, so back in the water he went.

Some of you may recall that I follow boats all over the world, and one of them blogged that while his readers want high drama, close calls, etc. he just wants everything to run calmly and smoothly.  Here is where some drama kicks in.

I went to pull my shrimp pots and had a lot of trouble.  There was a very stiff breeze blowing in the bay and that makes it very hard just to come up to the pots and hook the line.  When I am by myself and the boat is blowing all over the place I cannot pilot the boat and hook the line at the same time.  I cannot take a chance on running over the line with the boat and getting a line in the prop so I have to be overly cautious.  I would rather miss hooking the line 100 times than snag a line in the prop even once.

When I finally did hook the line I threaded it through the pot puller (see my previous blog on how I go after shrimp).  I immediately saw a problem.  The pots appeared to be hung up on rocks or something because they weren't coming up through the puller.  In fact the line on the puller was being put under more and more tension as the wind blew the boat.

I reached out to try to get the line out of the pot puller so I could tie it off to a cleat, and while I was doing this, the downrigger base to which the puller attaches failed and the whole thing went over the side in a big hurry!  I was just lucky that it didn't take my finger or my hand with it.

I threw the buoys over..

I considered my options at this point.  I could try to snag the line again and run up wind and try to free the pots from whatever was anchoring them to the bottom.  But in this wind to do that maneuver by myself didn't seem too likely, so I decided just to leave them and to come back with help ASAP to salvage whatever I could.

The pots have release mechanisms on them.  These are sections of the webbing that are tied with a piece of cotton twine that will deteriorate in salt water in "x" days (don't know).  When that happens a panel opens up and the shrimp can escape.

Needless to say this was very discouraging.  The pots themselves are a little over $100 each, and the pot puller was over $500.  After that I sort of lost my desire to take any more pictures so I just ran for home.

Nothing on the halibut skate, again, but at least I got it back.

In the stall about 2:30 PM with about 55 nm for this trip.

If you take enough trips, eventually some bad stuff is going to happen.  I'm glad I didn't get injured and there was no damage to the boat itself.

2014-02-22 Day Trip for shrimp

I had really hoped to get out over the long Presidents' Day weekend, but weather and other commitments kept me in port.  So I of course was watching the weather for this weekend like a hawk.

The forecast for Saturday was pretty good, but Sunday not so good, so I decided to go out just for the day.  I usually let my shrimp pots sit overnight, but this time they would only stay out about 4 hours.

I pulled out of my slip at Bar Harbor at about 7:45 AM.  The weather was sunny and calm, but cold, about 35 F. At least there was no ice in the harbor this time.

If anyone has read my posting on winter boating they will recall that I mentioned that dock lines sometimes freeze up.  That's what I experienced today when I went to untie my lines.  We had had snow, rain, more snow, freezing etc. and so the lines got wet, and then froze.  I had no hot water readily available so I went to Plan B, my hammer.  I had to beat on the lines to get them to break free.

Sorry there are not so many pictures this trip, but I was only out for what seemed like a few short hours, and didn't really see anything that was photo worthy.

There were 2 state ferries sitting at the shipyard dock when I went by, and it looked like they were doing something with the life boats.

 

Here's a little closer shot of the life boat.  This is one of the "open" life boats.  

 

They also have covered, self-righting life boats like this one shown below:

 

Here are a couple of shots of our airport ferry.  For my East coast relatives, if you fly in here, you will land on Gravina Island.  But Ketchikan is on Revillagigedo Island (frequently shortened to "Revilla.")  This ferry takes people and vehicles back and forth.  The ferry is actually an interesting vessel in the sense that it does not have a traditional bow and stern like most vessels.  It can go both ways, as they say.  

 

 If it is dark and its navigation lights are on, any mariner knows that the port side has a red light and the starboard side has a green light.  But this vessel swaps ends on each trip.  So if the nav lights are on when it switches over, the green light becomes red, and the red light becomes green.  Magic!

 I went NW in Tongass Narrows and then turned almost due North into Clover Pass.  It was much breezier than I anticipated since the weather forecast had been for 15 knot.  Even inside Clover Pass it was a little choppy with a very brisk NW breeze whipping through there.

That brisk breeze actually makes it easier to set the pots when I am alone.  Since I cannot pilot the boat and work the pots at the same time, when there is a brisk breeze it shoots the boat along and I can throw the pots over and play out all the line without worrying about it getting under the boat.

Now, picking up the pots in a stiff breeze, that's another matter.

After dropping the pots at 10 AM I ran slowly over to a relatively new mooring buoy that is in the entrance to Moser Bay.  I tied onto it about 11 AM and shut down the engines.  My original plan had been to spend a few hours bouncing around the area and doing some bottom fishing.  But it was just too cold out on deck for me to want to be out there.  

I spent the time paying some bills, reading, doing crosswords, etc. inside the nice warm cabin.

Here are some shots of the area where I was hanging out waiting for my pots to fill.  All in all not a bad place to spend a few hours on a sunny but cold Saturday afternoon.

 

 The pictures don't do it justice.

At the appointed time I cut loose from the mooring buoy and motored back to the shrimp pots.  Pulling them today was a challenge because as I have said my puller is kind of wimpy.  The wind was strong and was pushing the boat pretty hard.  The pots act like a sea anchor and the more wind the more load is placed on the puller, and the more elbow grease I have to add to the process.

Eventually I got the pots in and was rewarded with a haul of about 70 shrimp, mostly medium and small size.  Not bad for only about 4 hours on the bottom.  At least it was worth the effort today.

I have to admit that it was so cold on deck that for the first time ever I did the beheading operation from the warmth of inside the cabin rather than on the back deck.  

 

We deep fried most of them in Tempura batter (yummy) and just boiled the rest.

I was glad to see that the weather in town was much calmer than that in Clover Pass.

I got back to town about 4 PM in calm, cold weather and had no problems getting into the stall this time.

Total trip mileage about 33 nm.

 

2014-02-08 Day Trip

My step-daughter Cristina had been bugging me to make a trip to the Naha, but our weather has been so darn cold lately that I didn't think that was a wise idea.  Cold, icy conditions, and short daylight hours were not conducive for an enjoyable Naha picnic, so we decided to do a short day cruise.

Our weather for the last week has been clear and cold, with night time temps in the low to mid teens, and daytime temps around the mid 20's.  There was a lot of ice in the boat harbor as these photos show.

Faraway can be seen in this photo taken from shore.  As you can see, most of the ice was between the shore and the first main float. 

 

There was a little bit of skim ice around Faraway but not enough to prevent our departure.

 

Another shot of the ice taken from shore.  The closer to shore it was, the thicker it was.

In this shot you can see barge and crane in the upper right.  The City is making some changes to the harbor and they just recently took a portion of that last main float out and brought over a net float that had been in a different part of the harbor.  This is all in preparation for building what they call a "drive down ramp" in the other part of the harbor.  

Crew for the day -

 

Left to right -

     Ryan

     Cristina

     Bryan 

     Tyler

     Lisa

     Aliyah

Bryan and Tyler are holding 'Bina (short for Bambina) our puppy.

In an effort to try to keep the kids focused more on the outside, and not so much on games and things inside just prior to the trip I made up a sort of a game/competition.  I printed up 3 pages, one for each kid.  And on the pages there was a list of things that I thought it possible that we would see on the trip.  Here is a short segment just to give you an idea:

     Eagle

     Whale

     Porpoise

     USCG vessel

     AK State Trooper vessel

     State ferry

     kayaker

     etc.

Before the trip I announced the competition and said there were cash prizes for first, second, third.  It quickly became apparent that I didn't think this through very much because as soon as one kid saw something, they all saw it.  In any case, they did see a lot of the things on the list and amidst a lot of angst at the end of the trip, the prizes were awarded.  Of course I gave the hard job of deciding who was first, second, and third to Cristina.

We pulled out about 10:45 AM in clear, cold, sunny weather, with very light NW winds.

I apologize that I don't have very many pictures from this trip.  We really didn't see much, and anyone who has spent approximately 4 hours pent up in a very small space with 3 rambunctious kids knows that we had our hands full just keeping the boat on course, off the rocks, and keeping the inside damage from spilled drinks, and other minor catastrophes to a minimum.

Cristina loves to sit out on the foredeck and see the sights as we cruise, and I have to give her credit for staying out there much longer than I thought she would, given the temperatures.

She won't ever admit it, but I think she's becoming an "Alaskan Girl."

That's all the pics.  We just cruised slowly west in the Narrows, and the North into Clover Pass briefly.  Had lunch aboard.  And then back in the stall by about 2:45 PM.  Total miles, about 25.7 nm.

 

 

2014-02-01 Winter boating

Some of my readers have commented about my practice of going out in the winter and so I thought I would make a short post about that. I pulled some photos from winter trips prior to starting the blog.

I do go out in the winter whenever I can, but the opportunities are rare.  Since I am still working full time I can only go out on weekends and holidays, and getting good weather on a weekend or holiday in the winter is a rare thing.  And of course I do other activities as well, and I have a large extended family, so there are other things that can keep me in town.

 

The above shot was taken in early 2004 at the downtown cruise ship dock.  You can see the heavy ice which stretched almost all the way across to Pennock Island.  It was not thick enough to support a person but the sea gulls were walking on it.

In the winter I try to keep my trips a little shorter and closer to home, just because of the probability of rapid weather changes, usually for the worse.

There are some elements of boating that are distinctly different in the winter.

Ice in the water -

The above shot was taken in early January 2007 in Carroll Inlet.  As you can see I ran into some pretty heavy ice in the water.  I had to turn around and head back.  From what I have been told the dangers in running in ice are these.  You can damage your hull (assuming that it is fiberglass) as the ice scratches up against it.  You can suck ice up into the salt water intakes on the engines and that can plug up the water pumps.  And of course if it is thick enough it can just prevent any forward motion.

Decks and docks are frosty or even icy, and while that may just seem like a minor inconvenience, it could be a life or death situation.  If you jump out of the boat while pulling into a dock and the dock is very slippery you could fall and sustain injury, and perhaps lose the boat in the process.  My boat weighs about 21000 lbs without fuel, water and gear and so when you pull it in you really need to be on a secure surface.  I know a friend of mine was out on Christmas eve a couple of years ago and stepped out on the dock and slipped and broke his arm.  Fortunately he had someone else with him or he would have had a real hard time running the boat home in rough seas the next day.

 

You can't get pictures like this out on the trail in July!

I was out on a winter trip with a friend on a 42' boat.  We were in rough seas in cold weather and one of the windshield wipers quit.  I tried to go out on deck to take a look at it.  I had heard about and seen icing on the TV shows but that was the first time I had experienced it first hand.  I could not easily stand on deck, and all the railings and decks were coated with ice, so I could not even hold on securely.  In short, I was just unable to go out on deck and look at that wiper, something that would have been easily done in the summer.

Lines freeze up on the cleats.  Any mooring lines that have any moisture in them at all will sometimes freeze solid on the cleats.  Again, it seems like more of an inconvenience than a real problem.  But anyone who has been boating for any length of time knows that sometimes it is of utmost importance to get the line off the cleat quickly.  I have had to bring out hot water from the cabin to thaw frozen lines.  Of course that makes them wet again, so you have to deal with that as well.  When I leave for a winter trip, depending upon the outside temperatures of course, I sometimes lay the mooring lines inside the cabin so they will be warm, dry, and most importantly, pliable when I reach my destination.

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Ice fishing in Margaret Lake, January 2010.  They actually caught 1 trout, of which they were very proud!

Lack of other boats in the area.  One of the reasons we go boating is for solitude, and so we like to be away from crowds of other boats.  But, when you have a mechanical or perhaps a medical problem, it is nice to know there are other boats in the area.  There are just a lot fewer boats out and about during the winter and so the probability of another boat being in the area if/when you have a problem is a lot lower.  Of course one can always call the Coast Guard, and they will respond, but depending on where you are at the time, it may be awhile before they arrive.

Equipment failures due to cold.  I went out one time on my old boat, the Forever, when it was about 10 F.  Even though it was cold it was sunny and clear, and so I decided to run from the flybridge.  The Forever did not have electronic engine controls as the Faraway has, and the cables for the throttles and gears froze up making it impossible to control the engines from up there.  Fortunately I was able to pilot from the lower helm with no issues.

"Cabin time."  In the winter the daylight hours are pretty short, so you have to take enough projects and diversions to keep yourself occupied during those long hours of darkness.  That is no problem for me, although it may be for others.  I take my guitar and all the music that I've been working on.  I take cross word puzzles, books to read (iPad/Kindle), boat projects and repairs to work on, and movies to watch.  Once it gets dark you are pretty limited in what you can do outside, so I try to maximize my time outside while it is light.  Food prep, consumption and clean up can take up some time too.  So I just go out prepared for long hours of cabin time (with no Internet service of course.)

As most of my readers know I use both the Spot Messenger and the Delorme InReach for trip tracking when I am out.  The Spot Messenger (the service that I have chosen) is one way messaging.  I can send preset messages with my location and of course can call the emergency services network if needed. The InReach allows trip tracking in detail, and anyone with my login credentials can see exactly where I am within about 10 minutes.  When paired with the iPad it also allows two way text messaging.  I also carry an Iridium sat phone provided by my employer, which I use primarily to check messages on my office line.  And of course there is the good old VHF radio, but since it is a line-of-sight technology sometimes I get little or no signal.  And of course there is the cell phone, but most of the time I am out of range of cell signal, so it is of little use to me.

Winter boating can be a great experience, but additional caution must be exercised to stay safe and have an enjoyable experience.