Well folks we have a blast of winter that has finally decided to blow through. Our first real cold snap with evening temperatures supposed to dip down to -20 over night for this weekend. Environment Canada warns of windchill temperatures down near -30. Couple that with some snow and flurries that are supposed to come and Pointe au Baril finally gets some winter. It has been a weird winter here. The ice is not good, we have absolutely no snow at all on the ice (it is like a skating rink) and almost no snow at all on land. The snowmobile trails have bare spots on them last time we checked, but that has to be expected as we haven’t had snow in weeks. If winter is just flirting with us again, we’d prefer it simply lets the sun shine through and spring arrive so we can start boating.

Cheers.

Many thanks to everyone who made our boat show that much better. We enjoyed enormous success this year and owe all of you a big thank you. The amount of people who came into our booth this year and said, “my friends have a Grady-White and told us it is the only boat to consider” was truly astounding. We have great products, friendly and knowledgeable staff and competitive prices all of which seem to add up to a winning formula. Now, time to start looking towards spring and getting things ready for another glorious Pointe au Baril summer.
Cheers.

Happy New Year Everyone. We hope everyone had a great holiday season. We’re busy hauling boats to Toronto for the Boat Show which runs January 14-22. We hope to see everyone there! We will have two of our own booths this year with Grady-White and Key West showcasing boats from 15-25 feet. We’ll also have sales representatives in Yamaha, Rossiter and Honda.

Pointe au Baril is now a winter wonderland; ice and snow seem to be here to stay which is always a nice change.

We have some ice in the station this morning. Our construction team broke through on their way out to work this morning but this could be it for them as we’re expecting cold temperatures and close to a foot of snow by Friday afternoon with snow squalls slated to blow through over the next 24 to 48 hours. It is always sad to see the boating season end but winter is always a nice change after a cold, wet fall.

Check back often for more photos and details.

Cheers.

Can you believe the Toronto Boat Show is just around the corner? This year’s show runs from Saturday, January 14th -22nd at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. We have more going on at this year’s show than ever before and we’re excited to show you what we have to offer. We have two of our own booths representing Key West and Grady-White. These booths are in the same amazing location as last year in heritage court (booths 155 and 144). We will also have representatives from our staff in the Rossiter Booth selling their power boats from 14 to 17 feet, the Yamaha Booth selling engines and Waverunners and the Honda booth selling their full line of four stroke outboards. If you wish to attend this year’s show we have a limited amount of tickets we’d like to offer you. Please email Matt at matt@desmasdons.com and we’ll either send you tickets or leave them at the Will Call Booth. There will be more exciting news to come so keep posted!

Our friendly weather guru and customer Scott has told us that winter weather is to hit the week of November 28th. We look back on Summer 2011 fondly as we look ahead to what they’re calling to be a snowy winter. Winter in Pointe au Baril is gorgeous. Should you ever decide to want to see the beauty and tranquility of a PaB winter please let us know; we’d be happy to send you some photos or even show you in person.
Cheers.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends! We hope you all have a fabulous weekend filled with rest, relaxation, family and friends!

It was a frosty night in Pointe au Baril last night. The mercury dipped to around -9 degrees. We got to work this morning to a skim of ice around the docks and a smattering of ice floating down the channel. It is supposed to be a nice week with the sun shining for the most part but cool temperatures starting to be the norm. Here is a photo of the sunrise taken this morning.

Sunrise

Cheers.

Make no mistake folks – it is cold up here! We were out and about on the Bay today and it was down right nasty. Snow, wind, cold and generally just unforgiving but it is still Pointe au Baril and it is still gorgeous. We have all but a handful of boats pulled now aside from our construction and marina boats.

Here is to a great weekend. Enjoy all!

As I sit here typing this and look out the window, I see streams of rain water falling off the roof, 8 degrees on my outdoor thermometer and a outdoor light level that has cars turning on their auto headlights – yup, it is fall! If there was any doubt about that fact, take a look at most trees now missing all their colourfull leaves and listen to the gun shots of hunters in the distance taking aim on that moose, deer or duck. Fall is inevitable but we still don’t like to see it come. What fall means is boat season in coming to an end and we miss seeing cars arriving in tens every Friday afternoon.
At this junction we look back on what was an amazing weather season that was one for the ages. We wanted to say a big thank you to all of you for making this such a great summer around the marina and on the Bay. We hope everyone has a great fall and winter and we look forward to welcoming you all back in the spring. Come see us at the Toronto International Boat show in January where Desmasdons will have 2 of our own booths – one for Grady-White and another with Key West. We’ll also have staff in the Rossiter booth, the Yamaha booth as well as the Honda booth.

Cheers.