We made it to Barepoint this morning

 Had a good ride in with little ice at Cat Island to push through, great for cleaning the hull ! Next is was in Bigstone on East side Lunny’s Island but could navigate around that easily. Arrived home 15:00 there is still ice south of French Narrows around White out island, you can’t boat from West to East across the Manitou but you can get around by Scotty’s and Hades and  shammis narrows is open and you can travel Holmstrum marsh and Back channel. Looking East into Moore Bay, Andrew Bay both clear it looked a little white as far East into Bigstone as you could see, expect last of lingering ice to disappear 9 or 10. Lake has risen 10” since it first opened around our dock, nice height you don’t need a ladder to get out boat. This will be last post till Freeze up , safe boating 

Lake is open

 Just got a text from a friend who was flying today and his report is we can get to Barepoint.

However there is still some ice in Bigstone and Manitou to navigate around and you won’t get too far past French Narrows. We have had huge pieces of ice flowing past all day, some size football fields.Debbie and I will make our first run in for fresh produce in morning and I’ll be all over the Lake Friday so when I get home in evening I’ll post

May 6 boat ride

 Beautiful day here yesterday lake was glass not a breath wind hit 23c, sunny. I made it to green Bouy E27 the ice here is 6” thick, candelled with cracks, Dorian Marsh is ice free. When I can reach this point the earliest we made Barepoint is 4 days and longest was 10 days. We have a strong North wind this morning should help move ice around. I will go out again on May 8 see how far I can go and post again. Remember bridge to Coney comes out on May 09 but is poor weather next date is May 12