It's over...

[Joe Hellaby]

Last week I was out and saw people tubing with shorts and no shirt... Water temp was reading 63 and the air temp was about 76 degrees F.

 

[captras]

Last week I was out and saw people tubing with shorts and no shirt... Water temp was reading 63 and the air temp was about 76 degrees F.

63 degrees....NOT ME

 

[zipper]

@AZDANSX230HO Right now you could jump in this lake to warm up...wind chill temps colder than lake water. 36deg. this am, lake at 63.

 

[zipper]

@captras I store inside unheated structure so no shrink wrap for the yamaha, but my old searay was shrink wrapped while overwintering outside years ago.

 

[Evil Sports]

I usde to camp on Burton Island, Fishing was great up that way. Love the champ

 

[zipper]

@Evil Sports Burton Island State Park is a very nice campground/marina and has a stocked general store. Bass and northern pike fishing is great in that area a lot of old fossilized salt water reefs from when this area was part of the ocean a long time ago. Oh, and "Champ" the Champlain monster, have not seen scat from him since the early 80's while on a night dive.

 

[Devildog]

I've been meaning to jump back onto the forum to thank you guys for helping to make our FIRST jet boating season a success. I put the boat away about a month ago and have been missing the water every weekend

The list of things that you helped me with are loooooooong. Here are just few: pros/cons on 2015 vs 2016 24' models, trailering tips and trailoring vehicle, how to operate 2 batteries, removing clean out plugs regularly, securing the white Yamaha cover support poles, Boat Bling products, box anchor, emergency maneuver to clean out engines-never had to try this , mod'ing out my storage locker, trulocks-coming next year, no more Cheetos on boat-bummer, new amp and swim platform speaker locations, ginormous inflatable fenders, and the list keeps going and going.

Hope everyone has a great October-April!!!!

Day before moving indoors.......

 

[Crlos16]

Wow I never even thought of winterizing the boat in October!

We are trying to squeeze in couple more boating days down here in Houston, kids have early dismissal from school tomorrow and are off on Wednesday!
So this means we are hitting the lake tomorrow!!

We usually winterize the boat early-mid November but the way the weather has been lately tomorrow might be our last day out on the boat.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

@AZDANSX230HO Right now you could jump in this lake to warm up...wind chill temps colder than lake water. 36deg. this am, lake at 63.

No way, water temp below 70 and air temp below 80 is a no go for me Lol.

 

[Jetson]

Sad week-end here in MI as well. Just finished our fourth season of "wet slipping". We have the slip from mid-April to Oct 30th, but the weather can be erratic in Oct and my week-ends are booked. We cleaned it on Sat and took to the dealer for oil change, winterization, and indoor storage. This has worked well but a little expensive. Plan to do the maintence myself next year thanks to all the great information and honest opinions on this site.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

My season is just starting... less rain and more tolerable humidity levels. I'll send you Northerners some pics in coming months.

 

[Hannibal]

We had ours out today. Other than red tide, wet slippery sea grass all over the boat ramp and me forgetting to put the cleanout plug in, we had a great taste of slightly cooler, drier weather start to our boating season.

 

[bronze_10]

We planned on using ours this year through the end of October. .. then my wife pointed out we have something planned everyweekend until mid november.... ... I guess it's time for the winterization and taking to indoor storage. Last weekend at kerr lake concluded our second season with our yammie.. this season we did more exploring new waters. (The Charleston run on mother's day weekend wad our absolute favorite). I have a chart plotter for a spring mod so we can do more. We love this boat and this forum. You guys make spending money on the boat fun... kinda. Now time to start dreaming of next spring.!! But it's so far away..

 

[zipper]

@Murf'n'surf I remember Central Florida's summer heat and humidity well as I drove a car for the 3yrs. I lived there with no a/c. Look forward to the pics. I will just have to visit parents in Englewood, just to your north, this winter. My father has non jet flats boat and an inter-coastal fishing boat.

 

[Nick Hughes]

I'm keeping mine on my lift over the winter, so I guess the season never really ends for me? If we hit 60 in December, i'll take it out for a spin.

 

[jcyamaharider]

Yep winterized the Yamaha, fishing boat and Seadoo Sunday. On a positive note camping season isn't done yet!!

 

[captras]

I'm keeping mine on my lift over the winter, so I guess the season never really ends for me? If we hit 60 in December, i'll take it out for a spin.

One of the many advantages of a jet boat. You can take it out anytime without having to "re-winterized" it. My old boat was a stern drive, and though we seldom get freezing weather, it happens, so I always had to put RV antifreeze in the boat, just in case. It was always a pain to drain the block, then pull the thermostat and and fill with the antifreeze. Well, that meant no outtings until I was sure the risk of freeze was overwith!

 

[Captain Ron]

I admire how loyal all of you are to boating. I don't think I could justify owning a boat if I could not use it year round.

Boating way up here has been done for quite a while. It was -8C here this morning. But it doesnt mean its over, we just switch to snowmobiles. We are still on the water, just a different form of it.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

We are looking forward to the lake this Saturday to try out our new SIMRAD GO5 XSE, do a little fishing, swimming, and relaxing. This will definitely be our last lake trip, not due to weather, we have a lot of things on the schedule between now and the end of the year. To ease our pain this Winter we are going to Hawaii for 2 weeks in February 2017

 

[biffdotorg]

We had temps in the low 30's here last Friday so we went for a trail ride on the Wildcat. We had snow and sleet on us all day long! Put a fork in it, summer is over. Sled season is a month and a half away hopefully. Tweener season is the only one we wish was short, as you learn to appreciate the season you are in, as it will be over before you know it.

If I was able to boat every day, I would never appreciate it as much as I do now. Same goes for our winter activities.