Thursday, October 24, 2013

Sad Day...Another Boating Season Gone

It's a sad day...
I've officially given up on the 2013 boating season..the signs are everywhere...

From floats stacked in parking lots at the Belfast Public Landing to my driveway..

where the winterization process has begun as I took advantage of a luke warm day yesterday and gave The Rebel Sport a thorough washing and waxing, which took most of the day.



All the boating gear was removed and the front of the trailer was jacked up to drain out as much bilge water as possible.
This weekend the process will be finished with a complete interior cleaning and vacuuming. And once she's nestled into her garage birth, the batteries will come out. And there she'll sit for 5 months or more. (I hope not that long!)

So that will be it..and if the Good Lord is willing, we'll be back out on the Maine waters come next April or May.

Until then..




8 comments:

  1. Pen
    May will be here before you know it. It seems as we get older time passes faster. That is one nice looking boat. The boating slowed down here after the 4th. of July. Thanks for sharing

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    1. Thanks Bill..yes time does go faster as we age but it seems to slow down for the months of February and March! Black would not be the color of choice for me..hard to keep clean , like a black car..but my wife fell in love with it..therefore a black boat is what we own ..funny how it works that way, eh?..thank you for commenting!

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  2. Putting the summer boating season away is tough. You and I know what winter is like........but now's the time for white tails.

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    1. It's true, true, true.... it's all so true Alan. But it's just part of what makes life so beautiful here in New England..thanks!

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  3. But then comes winter, then spring, then summer again. I like the changes of the seasons and missed them when I lived in the south.

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    1. I too enjoy the change of seasons John..just wish one of them would change back a little more quickly come February..thanks for stopping by.

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  4. I used to hate the end of the season if for no other reason than winterizing the boat.

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    1. Howard, yes it is quite a bit of work but the reward on the other side is worth it..thanks for checking out maine-matters..

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