Totally ice free. No chunks and the winds from earlier in the week must have pushed debris onto southern shores. Nothing floating by. Here we are three days after ice-out and I've only seen one boat - and that was in the distance. This thread is indeed good advice. I was thinking about it as I got in a kayak to fix something on my dock. I put the lifejacket on, but for some reason, it shrunk over the winter and I was only able to fasten two of the four straps.