WiskyDan
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
- 1,172
- Reaction score
- 2,143
- Points
- 237
- Location
- Jackson, WI
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2018
- Boat Model
- 242 Limited S E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
Those of you who boat year round probably don’t know this feeling but those of us in climates where we get maybe five good months should understand. ![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
This is only my second year owning a boat and last year I was more nervous than excited as my first season on the water approached. Now that my maiden season is behind me I’m more excited, the nerves have calmed down quite a bit, and the anticipation for the upcoming season is starting to amp up.
The excitement for me started to build at the beginning of this month as the significant amount of snow that we had started to melt - I can now see my grass. Highs jumped up into the 40’s the last week of February and it will be in the 50’s this week, maybe even 60 on Tuesday. I’ve lived in Wisconsin my entire life and know that Mother Nature has some more surprises in store for the upper Midwest so I’m tempering things a bit. When I travel people in warmer climates always ask how I survive winter but spring is the worst season here. In winter you know what to expect, in spring you can have a 60 degree day followed by a 30 degree day and snow - that sucks.
The excitement is probably due to the amount of upgrades I’m planning and trying to nail down the logistics. I dry stack my boat, and don’t really have a vehicle to trailer it with, so moving it around is a bit a pain. I rented a Uhaul pickup last year to take it from the marina to the dealer to get it winterized and the dealer dropped it off at the storage location for me. It’s going to be a busy April:
- Install the SeaDek that I bought during the group buy.
- Have the dealer install the trim tabs that I bought during the group buy.
- Have my audio system upgrade installed - new speakers and amp.
- Purchase new bow/stern snap-on covers. The snap-on covers that came with the boat are a bit stiff/worn/faded and the last couple of snaps are really hard to get aligned - especially when you get older and your hands hurt all of the time. Trying to get a canvas place lined up for this may be the biggest hurdle - people don’t seem to return phone calls anymore.
- Dropping boat off at the dealer to get it run up (oil/plugs) for the season. I bought two Odyssey deep cycle marine AGM TPPL batteries to replace the Exide Nautilus batteries that came with the boat that they will install for me.
- I’m thinking about upgrading my 6” Garmin chart plotter to the 9” Garmin version but I‘m not sure it will fit and if I want to spend another $1000, this will be a pricey spring as it is......
Looking forward to a great season on the water, if I have any money left for gas.![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
This is only my second year owning a boat and last year I was more nervous than excited as my first season on the water approached. Now that my maiden season is behind me I’m more excited, the nerves have calmed down quite a bit, and the anticipation for the upcoming season is starting to amp up.
The excitement for me started to build at the beginning of this month as the significant amount of snow that we had started to melt - I can now see my grass. Highs jumped up into the 40’s the last week of February and it will be in the 50’s this week, maybe even 60 on Tuesday. I’ve lived in Wisconsin my entire life and know that Mother Nature has some more surprises in store for the upper Midwest so I’m tempering things a bit. When I travel people in warmer climates always ask how I survive winter but spring is the worst season here. In winter you know what to expect, in spring you can have a 60 degree day followed by a 30 degree day and snow - that sucks.
The excitement is probably due to the amount of upgrades I’m planning and trying to nail down the logistics. I dry stack my boat, and don’t really have a vehicle to trailer it with, so moving it around is a bit a pain. I rented a Uhaul pickup last year to take it from the marina to the dealer to get it winterized and the dealer dropped it off at the storage location for me. It’s going to be a busy April:
- Install the SeaDek that I bought during the group buy.
- Have the dealer install the trim tabs that I bought during the group buy.
- Have my audio system upgrade installed - new speakers and amp.
- Purchase new bow/stern snap-on covers. The snap-on covers that came with the boat are a bit stiff/worn/faded and the last couple of snaps are really hard to get aligned - especially when you get older and your hands hurt all of the time. Trying to get a canvas place lined up for this may be the biggest hurdle - people don’t seem to return phone calls anymore.
- Dropping boat off at the dealer to get it run up (oil/plugs) for the season. I bought two Odyssey deep cycle marine AGM TPPL batteries to replace the Exide Nautilus batteries that came with the boat that they will install for me.
- I’m thinking about upgrading my 6” Garmin chart plotter to the 9” Garmin version but I‘m not sure it will fit and if I want to spend another $1000, this will be a pricey spring as it is......
Looking forward to a great season on the water, if I have any money left for gas.
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)