Hey Orlando, The Hudson River is navigable, but has been free of ice for only a week now. The floats at my launch site will probably go in soon. I just removed the tarp from my boat the other day which is something I always look forward to. I never get tired of looking at that boat. Besides being a great sailboat, it's the finest lawn sculpture I can think of. Yours for a fair tide, Rick Langer M15 #337 Bluebird

Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:03:46 -0700 (PDT) From: ORLANDO VELEZ <velezo@verizon.net> Subject: M_Boats: Spring is here To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <201746.92860.qm@web84012.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Rick Langer and Donglai Gong

Spring is here. When do you plan to launch? Is it warm enough? How are launching facilities in your area? Maybe we could get together.

Orlando Velez M15 #266