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when do you unwrap your boat
« on: February 11, 2009, 11:25:50 AM »
well this weather got me going ,I know it wont last but I called the dealer today and made an app. to have some minor work done on the boat.I am gonna be unwrapping her next weekend .I am like a little kid on xmas ,I can not wait to sit in her once again.March 23 can not come fast enough I might be taking some joy rides around the bay just for fun .flounder is just over a month away
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 12:04:28 PM »
this morning's weather got me going,almost ready to unwrap,but will wait till the end of the month,also have to put in the shop,after winterizing and changing lower unit oil,noticed oil leak coming from prop shaft,seal replacement due.not big on flounder fishing want to be ready early to mid April.we still have a lot of cold weather yet.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 12:21:02 PM »
today is giving everyone the fever.  I usually don't start with the boat until I know we don't go below the freezing mark anymore. I usually look at the first or second weekend in March to be safe, then work on her so she is ready for the first weekend in April.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 12:23:54 PM »
I hear ya CH. I'm jonesing too.. I'm kinda at the mercy of our marina for splashing the Scout.. They where not ready last season till the end of April  rgmn  But my tin boat is always ready,and I'll start looking for the 1st early stripers up here on the Hudson around the beginning of april.. and I'm planning  to pull it down for a try at the flounders as soon as it's time  t^ 
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 12:42:21 PM »
I feel your pain. I'm ready to wet the boat. I told the boat yard I wanted to be in by March 20th. I have the cabin so I don't care if it's still a little chilly. Today's weather is only a tease, but I like it.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 12:52:20 PM »
I like a little tease ,I just put the batteries on charge and now I just have to wait .I wish I could get into my marina early but I have to trailer my boat for the first month we cant get in till may 1st but I will be calling to see if I can get in early this season
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 03:23:33 PM »
May 1st?.. Thats kinda late.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2009, 03:30:15 PM »
Sounds like we all need a trip to the Keys!
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 03:42:50 PM »
Aprils 1st.. Quick Clean up.. In the water April 15Th - Mid December t^
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 03:48:51 PM »
April 4th for me, if i get everything done.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 09:11:14 PM »
Ill start working on it March 1st and drop it in as soon as I get it done. Im upgrading to a larger fishfinder this year so that might take me an extra day.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2009, 09:27:32 PM »

that is a  big benefit for using the Blue Tarp as opposed to shrink wrap......when weather turns nice I just undo a couple lines crawl under the tarp and start working.......get a lot of stuff done and boat still covered incase it turns bad again
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2009, 09:57:43 PM »
thats true with the blue tarp, but when I used the shrink wrap, I had them put an access panel in it for that reason
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2009, 11:04:29 PM »
I'm going to try for the last week of March and hopefully be in the water by mid April. Maybe sooner if the weather cooperate with us
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2009, 08:10:26 AM »
I did not manage to cover mine yet so I've been cleaning the little bit of snow out of it we did have. Not much to do to mine except hull wax, couple of zincs, botom paint, change a ducer, and [ maybe ]carb rebuids. I guess thats plenty considering I have a whole bunch of customer work to do.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2009, 09:11:35 AM »
Just got a call this morning that Mother Nature in all her fury unwrapped my boat yesterday. Gotta run down today and replace the tarp.  :P
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2009, 09:17:30 AM »
Quote from: IrishAyes on February 13, 2009, 09:11:35 AM
Just got a call this morning that Mother Nature in all her fury unwrapped my boat yesterday. Gotta run down today and replace the tarp.  :P

Might as well leave it off now Joe, hopefully the worst of the bad weather is behind us  TT^
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2009, 09:36:13 AM »
Maybe Mother Nature is telling you to get ready early and she is just helping you by taking off the tarp.
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2009, 09:37:44 AM »
Can't leave it off. My deck is cut up to repair a soft spot. Gotta keep it unexposed to the elements.  :P
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Re: when do you unwrap your boat
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2009, 10:06:34 AM »
snow coming mid next week.. sorry to be the party pooper.
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