Sailboats. Do they stay in the harbor all winter?

For those of you who are curious. We have like a gazillion sailboats hanging out on the harbor all summer, but we happen to live in the midwest, where it gets cold and windy. The waves get pretty bad in the winter and so sailboat owners have to put their toys away for the season. How do they do this? They're on a gian lake that only leads to other giant lakes in colder weather?

Well, we have the Chicago river. To be honest I don't really know where they go after they get on the river, but frankly, it can't be as interested as when they go along the river. See what I mean.

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Yup. All the bridges along the Chicago River open up. They stop traffic (generally during rush hour) and have all the sailboats just float on through. To get a better visual, watch Batman Begins and when they are lifting the bridges to isolate The Narrows, they're actually just keeping all those North Siders on their side of the river. :) It's just like that only with boats in the water and no batmobile. or famous people.