What do you do when you get home?

[chambers1517]

After a day of swimming, tubbing etc. What do you do to your boat when you get home. I generally remove all cushions, open all hatches, remove drain plug, hang lifejackets etc up and put it in the garage.

 

[_chris_]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Have a beer. I do about the same as you just make sure it is clean and everything can dry. Remove the cooler and any food.

 

[eli_lilly]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

In saltland, coming home is a woeful time. About an hour to hose off the trailer, outboard, and boat.

-E

 

[dingbat]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Flush motor, rinse trailer and boat with fresh water, throw tarp on it and back it into parking space. Drink remaining beers in the cooler.

Rinse, flush and tarp maybe 30 minutes.

 

[mphy98]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Park it and clean it out another day. Usually getting the plastic boat back from Canada it the big clean up job. the tracker is easy, we just don't get it that dirty.

 

[204 Escape]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Park it, dry out life jackets, wash towels, open ALL compartments to air dry, the next day, a complete wash job, along with a detail wax/cleaner, detail tires, cover, and go out the next time with a clean boat !!!!!!

 

[RoyR]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Fresh Water: 1 hour

1. After we pull the boat out, spray hull with cleaner and wipe down to remove water spots ect.
2. At home, remove life jackets, seats and wakeboarding stuff.
3. Remove oxidation spots from stern drive and rinse it down.
4. Lube the stern drive.
5. Check fluid levels in the engine.
6. Take the boat to storage.

Salt Water (I avoid this as much as I can): 3 hours

1. At home, remove life jackets, seats and wakeboarding stuff.
2. Remove carpets.
3. Use Salt-Away to flush the cooling system.
4. Wash down the entire boat with soap and water.
5. Dry the inside and outside of the boat.
6. Remove oxidation spots from stern drive and rinse it down.
7. Lube the stern drive.
8. Check fluid levels in the engine.
9. Take the boat to storage.

Once a month I apply vinyl cleaner/protector and every six months I wax the entire boat. This is what I use:

Ducky Water Spot Remover
http://www.premiumpowersports.com/Ducky-Water-Spot-Remover-p-238.html

Nautical Ease Outdrive Cleaner
http://www.nauticalease.com/products/outdrive.htm

Hammerhead Frenzy! Vinyl Protectant
http://www.hammerheadboatworks.com/vinyl_protectant.html

Hammerhead Waxing Frenzy - Carnauba Wax
http://www.hammerheadboatworks.com/waxing_frenzy_.html

I also have an annual service on the engine and drive.

and for all that, you get a boat that looks like this.....

 

[RWilson2526]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Fresh Water: 1 hour

1. After we pull the boat out, spray hull with cleaner and wipe down to remove water spots ect.
2. At home, remove life jackets, seats and wakeboarding stuff.
3. Remove oxidation spots from stern drive and rinse it down.
4. Lube the stern drive.
5. Check fluid levels in the engine.
6. Take the boat to storage.

Salt Water (I avoid this as much as I can): 3 hours

1. At home, remove life jackets, seats and wakeboarding stuff.
2. Remove carpets.
3. Use Salt-Away to flush the cooling system.
4. Wash down the entire boat with soup and water.
5. Dry the inside and outside of the boat.
6. Remove oxidation spots from stern drive and rinse it down.
7. Lube the stern drive.
8. Check fluid levels in the engine.
9. Take the boat to storage.

Once a month I apply vinyl cleaner/protector and every six months I wax the entire boat.

I also have an annual service on the engine and drive.

and for all that, you get a boat that looks like this.....

When you are ready to sell your boat....call me

 

[grahamh]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

I give it a good spray down with the hose, flush the engine (I run in salt water) and then put the radio antenna down, and take any gear out.

That's about it, really.

 

[slasmith1]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

4. Wash down the entire boat with soup and water.

would that be chicken noodle or tomato?

since my boat stays in a slip I come home and have a cold beer.
when I get back to the slip I rinse everything with salt away, and put everything away. vacume the cabin and remove any unused food that may spoil from the fridge.

 

[This_lil_fishy]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

Huh, I am a bad boat owner, it goes into the garage, engine bay opened and left uncovered. I open the garage daily to get any extra humidity out...also because I am too lazy to unlock the front door when I get home.

It gets the wash and wax treatment the day of, or the day before we go out however. I kinda do it in reverse, but typically when i get home i am dead tired and just wanna crash out.

Ian

 

[oshkoshboating]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

1) Give the inside a quick vacumn
2) Wipe down seats
3) open up seats to air out
4) Open up engine compartment to air out
5) Wash down hull
6) Give everything a once over
7) Close seats & engine compartment
8) put fan inside boat & inside ski locker to keep air circulating
9) Put canvas on boat (it gets mighty humid under that canvas sometimes - thus #8 above)
10) Wishing I was back on the boat in the water

 

[LIQUID PROZAC]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

hang jackets--open up all compartments and use a fan to help dry out if caught in rain clean day before going out--usually next weekend--all while petting the cleisdales

 

[KurtG]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

I usually back in the drive and unhook the trailer, pull the tow vehicle out of way and spray down the hull and trailer and flush the outboard and then go back and wash the hull- quickly.

Then I'll remove all gear from inside and spray out any sand from the deck (thanking that I have a hard deck and no carpet).

After that I'll go inside with cleaner and remove any marks from anchor mud, and bait or fish blood that weren't cleaned up properly enroute to the ramp.

After all that's done, I push the trailer in the garage, sort the gear and lock the door (well ventilated/leaky garage).

Takes about 15-20 minutes. 45 if there was a lot of fish/bait blood spilled in the boat.

Waxing, seats, and tannin stains (they don't come off in the general wash) get done outside the normal outings.

 

[MrBigStuff]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

The first thing I get going is the charger to recharge the batteries. I *never* let them sit with a partial charge.

I remove all ropes, vests and other wet items from the boat and let them dry elsewhere, usually the garage. I leave any compartments open long enough to fully dry out if at all possible.

Outboard off the transom saver and stored in vertical position.

Plug out and trailer tilted as high as possible.

Wiring connector tucked into storage spot.

Clean and cover.

 

[jkust]

Re: What do you do when you get home?

1) Wash and wax the exterior and trailer and remove plug
2) Dry with microfiber and treat tires
3) wipe down seats and all vinyl with soap and water and treat with Macguires rubber and vinyl cleaner if it's time.
4) Vacuum the interior fiberglass floor (never use the carpet)
5) Clean interior fiberglass with soap and water...will remove everything and clean ski storage area and rubber mat if it was a long vacation.
6) Clean windshield
7) Back into garage and tilt all the way down, look at crappy prop and wish it was SS. Swing the tounge in.
8) Remove stress from rear straps by unbuckeling so they just barely hang on
9) open all hatches let dry for a couple days then put covers back on and replace plug
10) somewhere in there I remove everything that got wet including lines and hang up to dry.
11) Turn the battery switch to "off"

I can't imagine having a bigger trailer boat because this routine takes a long time on my 18 footer.