Pulling from water - Dates?

My last week is next weekend. I plan winterizing begining the first weekend on Oct. I take my time and will strech it a few weekends and stay on the boat while on the trailer.I perfer to have it done by the end of Oct. November temperatures can be cold, not cold enough to cause damage to the boat, but cold enough to make it unconfortable working outside with wet hands.
 
No intention of pulling out for the winter in Baltimore. I will get the bottom cleaned a d new an nodes next month and winterize probably Thanksgiving weekend. .after if it is anything like last year. Wit all goes as planned it will be the last winter to winterize.
 
Right before thanksgiving....unless its unseasonably warm...then right after
 
Depends on the weather anywhere from the last weekend in November until December 15th. Once the water teperature stays below 42 degrees we pull the boat. The heat mode is at the point it won't exchange heat near this water temperature. I'm not into camping (being cold) while staying on the boat and space heaters only cut it for the last few weekends.
We have had some great times on the boat in late November, early December but we only spend 3 nights a week on the boat in November and less in December.
Bill
 
Must we discuss this.
Thinking 11/3.
I did buy my pink stuff!
Ace Hardware $2.99 a gallon until 9/30!
Rebate on 3 gallons.
 
What a depressing topic! I have been trying not to think about this.
 
I'm thinking about October 15. That will give me enough warm days left to winterize, wash and wax, and built the Kover Klamp/electrical pipe framework for the cover. This year I'm having them shrinkwrap the boat; next season I hope to have a fitted cover. Hy
 
Just before the end of October. I`ve learned to get it out before the end of slip season (11/1) as all the "big boys" head upstream to their winter homes. Something about the last run of the year makes them go like hell and think even less about the wakes they throw.
 
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Originally posted by mx8

Just before the end of October. I`ve learned to get it out before the end of slip season (11/1) as all the "big boys" head upstream to their winter homes. Something about the last run of the year makes them go like hell and think even less about the wakes they throw.

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MX8,
How do you like Haddam? I considered a slip there but felt it was too far to get to the sound.

--Rick
 
Did it today...Wow it was rough in the bay. So depressed but the Petit Zinc paint worked!!!! absolutely no growth on the running gear and the SB Strainers. Trim tabs were loaded but I used regular bottom paint on those. I will do tabs next year.
 
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Originally posted by Rick D

Originally posted by mx8

Just before the end of October. I`ve learned to get it out before the end of slip season (11/1) as all the "big boys" head upstream to their winter homes. Something about the last run of the year makes them go like hell and think even less about the wakes they throw.

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MX8,
How do you like Haddam? I considered a slip there but felt it was too far to get to the sound.

--Rick

What i like about being on the river is there really is never bad enough conditions where you can`t go out. It can be cold/foggy/rough on the sound and be sunny & flat up here. There are plenty of places to anchor and sit, cook or swim. Nite rides to eat in Essex, saybrook, Middletown and Haddam are ,IMO awesome. Actually , you don`t have to stop and eat, plain old nite rides on a clear starry nite worth it. The scenery is nice, not an industial spot on the river until you get to Middletown.
I`ve kept a boat on the river since `92. quite a while in Haddam, a number of years in Old saybrook and now I live on it in Haddam, so I may be a little bias. I will say the 1 hour ride to the sound is usually pleasant but at times can get old. The boat traffic horror stories are IMO, overreaction. other than holiday weekend Sunday afternoons its quite manageable./quote]
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I'll start thinking about it around Halloween. If the 7 day forecast is warm enough I'll go past that. If we tart getting really cold weather early, then I'll take it out.
I don't look forward to power washing the bottom, winterizing, cleaning, and waxing in temps much less than 50 degrees.
 
I haul out the end of october. I then have to service it and prep it for the trip to Florida the first of December. I'm not the only one who trailers a boat south. About 1/3 of the trailerable size boats there have northern states registration. There is a lot of us heading south on I-95. We come back in March. Boat is usually back in up here by the end of march. Last year I went in 3/9 here because of the warm weather.
 
Oct 6 for us. This weekend, A/C, gen, fresh water, heads, showers, holding tanks, oil change. Oie vey, What alot of work.

Ron
 
Oct 27 - crane guy takes out the dock the same day followed by a neighborhood lobstah bake and margarita party.
 
Weather permitting I will take one last trip next week and then start to winterize the boat, mid October I will pull out.
 
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