Lift-out is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 28, a bit later than normal. That might seem great given the recent weather, but the weather is about to turn. The problem with having it earlier is home football games the two weekends before that, which results in very bad traffic as well as some people with other commitments.
As for actually getting the boats to winter storage, we need to doublecheck the trailers before then. All large trailers need to be registered and have plates. Our records are pretty out of date. Half don't have license plates. UW Transportation reports trailers we don't have and doesn't report trailers that we do have.
These trailers don't have license plates:
Siege (T-10 33', 6,500#))
Spray (Soverel 30', 7,000#)
Soma (Mull 34',10,500 k#)
Cinger (O'day 25', 4,000#)
Siege's doesn't appear to have ever been reported to UW Transportation.
There are pictures of all the keelboat trailers at https://uwmadison.box.com/s/zvs54bwioaucwguhwo3tnbsa72gu4mbk
Hoofers may like to avoid paperwork, but this needs to be taken care of asap.
'Hoofers may like to avoid paperwork, but this needs to be taken care of asap.' As in sooner than the accident investigation report on Yu Chen's death. Pier-out and valid license plates cannot take 4 months! Or 5 months. Or 6 months. Or 5 years.
ReplyDeleteHave a great pier out and be safe!
We should have a Zebra Mussel competition. Most on a boat wins. All the free Zebra Mussels you can scrape. Are they good to eat?
ReplyDeleteFriday September 29th and no official accident report. 4 Months! A fellow Hoofer gets sliced to death under the props of a motorboat and over 120 days have gone by without any official response. Fer cryin' out loud! Yu Chen's family had to hire an attorney to get any early information disclosed. What is wrong? Does anyone care or has Yu Chen been forgotten so soon?
ReplyDeleteThis pier-out remember Yu Chen. Look out over the lake and leaves changing colors ringing the shoreline. This was Yu Chen's last sailing season. Perhaps a moment of silence for our fallen friend.
Tick-tock. Tick-tock. No accident report on Yu Chen's death as of October 2nd. What's the mystery? Toxicology reports take 120+ days? Hardly. So what is going on? Anyone? Bueller? This is beginning to reek. Anyone disagree? Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
ReplyDeleteGuess the rumours are true. One big Hoofer Surprise linked with the accident report coming soon.
ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS!
ReplyDeleteYu Chen: The sheriff's office just completed their investigation and handed the case over to the DA's office before the holidays. The DA hasn't made a decision on the case yet, but will soon.