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Month	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	2008/2009 **	2009/2010 **
October	15th = 54 degrees	10th = 42 degrees 14th = 45.5 degrees	30th = 57 degrees	20th = 55 degrees	19th = 49 degrees
November	12th = 40 degrees	6th = 47 degrees 28th = 42 degrees	16th = 39.5 degrees	18th = 40 degrees	12th = 46 degrees 28th = 42 degrees
December	18th = skimming	3rd = 40 degrees 12th = 39 degrees 20th = 39.5 degrees	2nd = skimming	12th = skimming	18th = skimmed once
January	Iced Over	22nd = skimming	10th = 34 degrees 13th = 32 degrees (too windy to freeze)	Iced over	9th = skimming 29th = Iced over
First Sail/ Boat set up	Jan 21st	Feb 7th	Jan 31st	Jan 18th	Feb 5th
Tear down	March 27th	March 11th	March 30th	March 17th	March 9th (due to no wind and rain in the forecast)
Days sailed Elk	51 days	22 days	34 days	**26	**12 days
Days sailed other area lakes	0	26 days	17 days	**19	**19 days
Total Days	51	48	51	**45	**31

**Sailing days will be counted when anyone sails in the Elk Rapids area for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 season. Jack had open heart surgery and could not sail until February 1st 2010. The 2008/2009 season he had thyroid surgery