sbw1
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- Oct 10, 2006
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So....it was off to the boat this morning to remove the expired State of Michigan registration decals on my cockpit windows. I noticed the ice was starting to go out of our lake and I'm thinking the boat will be at the slip in 4 weeks. Project went fine. Took about 45 minutes to heat 'em up, peel off, goo off the residue, add a shot of windex and mount the new stickers. Got back home and the ice is still starting to go out and I'm thinking I'll take the bubbler out after I clean up the winter crap in the garage. That went well too. Hosed everything out and the garage is immaculate. Onto the bubbler project. Took it out and cleaned it up real nice and stowed it. Shower time. Get out of the shower and I'm watching the ice move. When I say move, it was hauling....right toward my dock. I watched for 15 minutes while the dock shook violently back and forth with all of the spring pilings bending back and forth. While watching, I'm seeing my neighbor's brand new boat lift sail by my house on an ice flow. So called the coast guard who ask for the approximate location. As I was providing the info the lift went through the ice in 24 feet of water. The CG stopped by the house to get a visual and mark the location on a chart so that it can be retreived when the ice is all gone and they can get a boat with sonar in to pin point the location for salvage. So now the ice is all gone. The dock is fine. The bubbler is in the basement instead of on the bottom of the lake somewhere, and my neighbor is out a few thousand for now. Hopefully he will get his lift back in decent condition. Time to sit down and have a drink in front of a roaring fire in the fireplace.