Thanks for the thoughts on how best to handle this situation.

I like the idea of watching the water temp and then firing up the pump/filter in early April or whenever the temp starts to get up to 50 or so.

Unhooking the anchor straps for the cover one side at a time could certainly be done, but it would be a pain.

Also, this may not be the proper area to ask this question, do I understand that Ben is currently not accepting any orders, even for refills?