Boat Winterization

Seaplane Pilot · 09-08-2017, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Cat Staff

My questions was (and is) WHICH marina?

Lakeport Landing

LIforrelaxin · 09-08-2017, 04:11 PM

So here my take and 2 cents....

A Marina has insurance and if they screw up the winterization it is on them...I allow them to take on that responsibility.... They come to my house pick the trailer and boat up, and in the spring, after I put the dock in, I tell them when I want to see the boat back... I arrive Friday night, its there at the dock and I am ready to have fun.... I never worry about where to store the boat, how much snow is on it, etc. etc. etc.....

What does this equate too... me being able to spend my spring and fall doing maintence to the property that I want to do in the summer... and not loosing a day twice a year to prep the boat, and put it to bed.

TiltonBB · 09-09-2017, 08:28 AM

It sounds like the OP trailers his boat and I would assume that he has a place to store the boat for the winter. Winterizing and shrink wrapping seem to be the only thing he needs. If that is the case, everyone seems to have a relationship with a marina on the lake that they have used for years.

Miles Marine in Gilford will do it and they do good work at a fair price. I have used them for many things over the last 20 years and I have always been more than satisfied with the quality of the work and the price.

joey2665 · 09-09-2017, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

So here my take and 2 cents....

A Marina has insurance and if they screw up the winterization it is on them...I allow them to take on that responsibility.... They come to my house pick the trailer and boat up, and in the spring, after I put the dock in, I tell them when I want to see the boat back... I arrive Friday night, its there at the dock and I am ready to have fun.... I never worry about where to store the boat, how much snow is on it, etc. etc. etc.....

What does this equate too... me being able to spend my spring and fall doing maintence to the property that I want to do in the summer... and not loosing a day twice a year to prep the boat, and put it to bed.

Awesome point on liability. Never thought of that but just another reason to sleep easy when the marina handles winterization.

09-08-2017, 04:11 PM	#2
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,876 Thanks: 1,037 Thanked 892 Times in 524 Posts	So here my take and 2 cents.... A Marina has insurance and if they screw up the winterization it is on them...I allow them to take on that responsibility.... They come to my house pick the trailer and boat up, and in the spring, after I put the dock in, I tell them when I want to see the boat back... I arrive Friday night, its there at the dock and I am ready to have fun.... I never worry about where to store the boat, how much snow is on it, etc. etc. etc..... What does this equate too... me being able to spend my spring and fall doing maintence to the property that I want to do in the summer... and not loosing a day twice a year to prep the boat, and put it to bed. __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

09-09-2017, 08:28 AM	#3
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 3,025 Thanks: 706 Thanked 2,208 Times in 940 Posts	It sounds like the OP trailers his boat and I would assume that he has a place to store the boat for the winter. Winterizing and shrink wrapping seem to be the only thing he needs. If that is the case, everyone seems to have a relationship with a marina on the lake that they have used for years. Miles Marine in Gilford will do it and they do good work at a fair price. I have used them for many things over the last 20 years and I have always been more than satisfied with the quality of the work and the price.