To all you that have a winter...

[HollaGeo]

When do you guys start prepping your boats for Spring??? I remember a few years back when I had a boat people would start around mid-March...

 

[ezmobee]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I have some work to do to mine before the season so I'll be bringing mine home from storage early to mid March. Hope to be boating a couple weeks after that with it. My dad has a little 14' that I'll hopefully be taking out even sooner.

 

[sasto]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I started today. I pulled one out of the water to do some bottom paint and prop repair. She will be back in the water by the weekend.

I'm getting disliked and expecting a ban on me soon. :facepalm:

 

[Evinbuck]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I do winter maintenance according to the trickle down theory......starting in late fall through winter and into spring. That way I can spend little bits at a time and the wife doesn't yell as much......lol

 

[Red_BOFUS]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I started today. I pulled one out of the water to do some bottom paint and prop repair. She will be back in the water by the weekend.

I'm getting disliked and expecting a ban on me soon. :facepalm:

I'll join you since I started Saturday..lol

Hey Skip, first round is on me.

 

[Bondo]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

Ayuh,... It never ends for me,....

By the time I get'em all out, mothballed, 'n stored,...
It's time to start fixin' what needs fixin', gettin' ready for april/ may....

I've got 3 Alpha drives in the back of my truck right now, under 2' of snow....

 

[my1stboat1]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I start as soon as the weather breaks into the 60s ... My boat doesnt need much. But i winterize it then i change the lower unit oil again in the spring before it goes in a slip, bottom paint and misellanious I have some led deck lighting im doing this spring, cant wait to do it

 

[fat fanny]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I have been very lucky considering the age of my rig and with the knowledge I have aquired here it only takes me a day and I'm ship shape and theis process starts the day the Army corp starts closing the gates to the dam and allowing the lake to fill back up usually the 1st or 2nd week of March. Hopefully this year it will be sooner than later I need to shake down some O/D work I did @ the end of the summer I did'nt get to test.

 

[Sixmark]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I start first by prepping my bank account. I usually wait until our overnight lows don't go below freezing before I begin work on the boat, then by the time the ice is off the lakes all of my prep work is done.

 

[JimS123]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I am a very regimented person and pursue my activities the same every year.

* The boat is winterized, waxed and detailed the 15th of October.
* Hunting season runs Oct 15 to Dec 1st.
* Dec 1st to Christmas - the boat is upgraded, repaired, parts ordered, etc.
* New Years to March - winter sports, indoor shooting, etc.
* March 1st - fishing on the shore till the ice breaks
* May - June 15th - fishing only
* June 15 - July - half time in the boat / half time working on the house
* July 4th - drop dead day to have all house painting, gardening, whatever 100% done (otherwise waits till next year)
* July - Oct 15th - grass cutting only 1 hr /week - the rest of the time in the boat. No excuses.

 

[dockwrecker]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

My slip fees hit next month, but I can't put in until May 1st. My list of "to do" is an ongoing thing with parts accumulation starting when I winterize. About mid March I quit worrying about the weather and uncover it and start detailing and upgrading. I usually run all summer without a hiccup, Posiedon willing.

 

[keninaz]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I just got another boat myself, just a tin boat but it floats.
Here in the mountains of AZ we do get snow and sometimes the lake ices a bit too but I have also seen 55-70? days during the Winter.
Local lakes are oars or electric motors only so I am going to just keep the battery charged and watch the temps!

 

[642mx]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

Mine sits in my inlaws heated barn during the winter, so I can visit and work on it anytime I need to. This winter, I've been over there almost every weekend doing upgrades.

Early in March, I'll bring her to the summer home (in a barn on the family farm). And I'll start using her as soon as the temps stop freezing at night.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

To all you that have a winter...

I started today. I pulled one out of the water to do some bottom paint and prop repair. She will be back in the water by the weekend.

I'm getting disliked and expecting a ban on me soon. :facepalm:

Finger on ban button....... And that guy in AZ, he's next

 

[sublauxation]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

To all you guys in the south, careful how nice you make it sound down there or your waters will be over run when the rest of us move down there.

And I like that 4th of July home chores rule....if it's not done by then it waits until next year. I'm going to try that one on my wife.

 

[smallboatlover]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

well ive bin working on my boat all winter and will finish up in the next month or two and i want to put the boat in on my birthday may 9th so i'm working to make sure i make that dead line.

 

[produceguy]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

Finger on ban button....... And that guy in AZ, he's next

I think I got a little bit of a sun tan today workin on the boat. I love AZ. :facepalm:

 

[j_k_bisson]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

Mie started in October and still going strong. It depands if you have heat in your garage!!!!!!!

 

[rallyart]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

I start prepping the boat for Spring in about June. The boat is 7 hours away right now.
Of course, that doesn't meen that I don't go to the toy stores, sorry, parts stores over the off season.
Hockey season right now.

 

[ziggy]

Re: To all you that have a winter...

It depands if you have heat in your garage!!!!!!!

your a lucky fella. i don't even have a garage, let alone a heated one..

i'll start prepping end of march or early april with goals of being out sometime around then also. prepping for me is running the alignment bar and putting the drive back on + a tune up. everything else was hopefully done at end of season last fall during winterization..