The snow around my boat finally melted out last weekend, but I left the winter cover on because of the storm we had Monday night into Tuesday. Today was official tarp off day. The boat come through the worst winter in many years just fine. I was also pleased to find that my bateries, which I leave on the boat, were 100% charged. I use a white tarp and it lets enough light through for my solar panels to keep the batteries up at 100% charge all winter. Spring work starts this afternoon since the boat is scheduled for launching on May 21