1. How many days a season do you fine yourself stuck on the island (or on the shore)?
Stuck on the island is more of an excuse to stay, but we have stayed on the island and stayed home based on wind, but it is rare. It depends on your intestinal fortitude and that of your guests.
2. How often do you find yourself freezing and wishing you lived someplace where the sun might shine for more than a couple hours a day?
Not often at all, we do find (I assume because of the water temp) that during the hot days the island is a better place to be than on the mainland. When we go out we need to remind ourselves to dress for the forecast not the island.
3. Do you dare leave your nice boat unattended on the island during a storm (even with a breakwater)? Do you have mainland slips for your "nice" boat and your "work" boat?
We have one boat so we do not leave it there alone. We have been there in very rough conditions without issue. I would not want to count on that though.
4. How do you protect your dock in the winter?
Bubbler, it keeps the ice from forming around the dock.
Plus any other big pluses (I know... big view, lower cost) or minuses you might think of...
The view! Watching the boats go by (only at 45mph, ugh). I would imagine the challenges are the same as other islands, plan ahead, learn to do without (some great recipes and games came from that part), only invite guests you like, etc
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