01-19-2018, 12:49 PM
[#0000FF]No apologies necessary. Not your fault. When the ice is going out it can move around a lot on any given day. I have had several "ice-outs" over the years when I tried to time my trips right.
But, better to not be able to launch than to get out on the lake and have the ice move in and block you from returning. That has not only happened to me, in my float tube, but has stranded a few boaters in the past as well. One story is about a guy who launched from the north marina but got blocked by ice from coming back in there. So he worked through floating ice sheets to get up to the south marina. He docked his boat there and used the cell phone to call someone to come get him and take him up the north marina to pick up his truck and trailer. Drove back down to the south marina, loaded up and headed home. All's well that ends.
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But, better to not be able to launch than to get out on the lake and have the ice move in and block you from returning. That has not only happened to me, in my float tube, but has stranded a few boaters in the past as well. One story is about a guy who launched from the north marina but got blocked by ice from coming back in there. So he worked through floating ice sheets to get up to the south marina. He docked his boat there and used the cell phone to call someone to come get him and take him up the north marina to pick up his truck and trailer. Drove back down to the south marina, loaded up and headed home. All's well that ends.
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