Michael B Holt wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:02:25 -0600 Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com> writes: > >Why after Oct. 1st? > > I'm told the water is too cold and too rough. > > Mike H. > Isn't there a song about the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot, that provides insight into what sailing past October can be like? Something about the "Witch of November". October can be just as "delicate".