Back in 2003 the year we bought our current boat, we were boating every weekend into December. The boat was pulled about 12/15. That was a great year!

 

I have to be out by Oct 15th. :smt089

 

This thread should cost you rep points.....................:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021. I refuse to talk about this subject until Late October..

 

Central Jersey: Depends on the weather. Last year, I hauled the Monday after thanksgiving. Weather was 40F and pouring. If the weather was sunny and 45. . .I would have been boating.

 

End of Oct for me. 4 more weekends. Then i have this and that. I don't want to pull her out in the cold. I like to wash, do some stuff, wax etc... Last year I had frozen snot hanging from my nose when I did this. Not his year.

 

Week after thanxgiving he get hauled.. But back in first week march


Rob

 

Columbus Day long weekend for us. Done the close up thing in mid or late November too many times to know earlier is less painful.

Henry

 

I try to stay in, till mid-late Oct. if I can... Last yr, I was doing the winter storage steps in a light snowstorm... I froze. But, I hate to put it away before that, since our summers are so short up here.

-VtSeaRay

 

Southeast Georgia, 12 months out of the year, not all days are good boating days but you can do it all year. That is why I have full canvas for my boat so I can use it on some of the not so good days. :grin:

 

We always shoot for a minimum of 6 months in the water. So, we try to have it in from Mid April to at least mid October. Last year we made it until the week of Halloween.

 

Usually mid october for us here in Michigan. But I won't winterize until the end of the month, just in case we get a couple of good days.

 

In the water all year here. Plenty of cold days, but when it gets cold, it doesn't stay that way long. Lots of winter days when you can get out and cruise the lake in the sun.

 

Next weekend is last for us... Admiral works at a boat store, storage, service, sales etc, It's their busy time and I work nights and weekends hauling and building shrinkwrap frames and doing winterizations,,,, soooooooo....... we're about done, and tonights lows are already near 37, bbrrrrrrrr.......

 

October 17 for us. Most of the time it is sunny and warm in mid October which is perfect for the final wash and putting things away clean and dry. This year, I'm doing the top side waxing in the fall so next year it will be 12 hours polishing and waxing the hull. All the winter maintenance work will be done in early October so after doing the hull in the spring, she will be launched around April 15. We actually enjoy putting her away and getting her out. Once she is in the barn, it's off to northern lower Michigan in the TT with the top down to enjoy the begining of the color season.

 

Once she is in the barn, it's off to northern lower Michigan in the TT with the top down to enjoy the begining of the color season.

185, or 225 HP?

 

As much as I hate to think about it, I am hoping to get into the middle of October before the water tempature gets to cold for the kiddies to swim in (my daughter already wants a wet suit for kneeboarding). I would like to take some trips up and down the Ohio River once the leaves start to change, if I can make that long. As this is my first boat I have owned, how cold can it get before I need to worry about winterizing? For example we have been known to have some cold nights in Oct, 30 degrees, but the temp tends to be all over the place, some years are hot some are cold?

 

Well...as long as the water doesn't freeze...for the most part your ok to a point. Once the water gets to 40 or so on a constant basis....start thinking about putting it up till spring.

 

I am done officially this weekend with the birth our our first baby scheduled for the first week of October.
Usually we boat well into October.

 

We mix it up with driving around in the A6 with the roof open up here to see the fall colors thru October! As long as it's above about 40, the top's open as much as possible(and the seat heaters on!).

 

Well, no canvas here, but...our last trip last year was in early November, for a bit of fishing and some cruising. The kids were wearing their snow pants, coat, hats and gloves!

 

We never really hang it up here in the PacNW- thankfully. Many of us boat all year....

 

early December.

 

Hoping for some nice weather like last year when it hit 90 the first weekend of October, but usually we get hauled after the 15th of October when the marina "closes". Winterize around the end of October, depending on the temp and weather.

 

I'm not trying to rub this in....really. Here in Northern California we leave the boats in year 'round. I can't remember the last time it was below freezing and I don't think the Sacramento area has had snow in 50 years. We will boat most of the year. We will need to turn on the heater at night but we're there.

I truly feel for those of you that can't boat the whole year. That would make me crazy.

 

The swimming will stop by the end of this month most likely :smt089and that reduces the amount of time we spend on the boat. My 7 & 3 year olds get bored quick when they can't swim. We'll be out year round just no extended stays on the boat.

 

Funny..I can't imagine how nice it would be not to have to take it off the lake and put it away till late spring....Someday....

 

Amen.....One can only wish.....:smt021

 

This weekend might be my last, not totally sure yet. I have some work I want to do but need to have the boat out of the water to do it, and don't want to wait too long and be out there freezing my you know what off. It'll also give me plenty of time to figure out the whole winterizing process. I've got manuals up the wazoo on how to do it but I'm not the most mechanically inclined person. I'm sure I'll figure it out though! (I hope, anyway)

The River Gods (I'm not really sure who's actually in control of it) open up some giant gates at Champlain Lock 1 to control the water level between 1 and 2 over the winter, and my marina, as well as much of the river between the two locks, is actually empty of water over the winter and into early spring. I just got my winter storage contract, I think it says we ultimately have until October 15th but I'd have to double check.

My brother has been up on Lake George for a few years now, I think last year he pulled his boat sometime in November. I'd like to get mine up there but can't swallow the slip rates... maybe when I move up to a boat I can sleep comfortably on I will, at least then I can justify it as a "waterfront vacation property"