www.iFourWinns.com

My boat is gassed, waxed, charged etc...ready to go.

All I need is the weather to cooperate with me and I am in the water.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

I'll be summarizing on Saturday. Kids off all next week, I have Wednesday thru the weekend off. Hopefully the wether will cooperate and we'll get out one of those days. Wife is a 80F gal, if it ain't 80, she ain't going. So it'll most likely be me and the boys.

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2004 180 Horizon
NE Georgia

How do you guys decide when it is warm enough to not freeze the block. I know some of you live in colder temps than I do here in Oregon, so I am curious when you decide to go. We had snow all day today, but it didn't stick just flying through the air. We usally don't climb above freezing over night until mid May.

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Todd
1988 Four Winns Horizon 200
AKA "Summer School"

If it drops WELL below 32 degrees for hours at a time - it's not time yet.

If it drops below 32 for a couple hours - probably not enough time to freeze the block and the fluids in it. That process takes a while obviously.

If it hovers in the mid-high 40s during the day then drops to 30-34 at night for a few hours, you are probably ok.

Worst case - use the boat and be sure to drain the block (no need to antifreeze it though).

And I am only speaking from the Pacific Northwest side of things. I claim no knowledge for anywhere other than this geographical area.

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

Another factor is what sort of storage situation are you in? My boat is kept in my garage at home, so it would probably take temps well into the 20's, if not teens to really be a problem for me.

Outside storage, slip storage, covered storage...lots of variables to consider.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

Currently it is in an unheated and uninsulated shop. Here is our next ten day forecast. The really fun part is 5 days ago it was 38 overnight and the next night it got down to 12. I am thinking I am still at least a month out.

Detailed ten-day forecast °F | °C
Day Forecast Description Precip chance
Today
Apr 01

Details Rain
Hi: 52° Lo: 31°
Day: Rain. High 52F. Winds W at 7 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 2
60%
Night: Showers. Low 31F. Winds SW at 7 mph.
80%
Tomorrow
Apr 02

Details Snow Showers
Hi: 51° Lo: 28°
Day: Snow Showers. High 51F. Winds W at 14 mph. Air Quality: Moderate, UV Index: 3
80%
Night: Mostly Cloudy. Low 28F. Winds W at 10 mph.
80%
Friday
Apr 03 Mostly Cloudy
Hi: 50° Lo: 23°
Mostly Cloudy. High 50F. Winds N at 5 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 4
60%
Saturday
Apr 04 Partly Cloudy
Hi: 55° Lo: 31°
Partly Cloudy. High 55F and low 31F. Winds SE at 8 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 6
10%
Sunday
Apr 05 Showers
Hi: 54° Lo: 27°
Showers. High 54F and low 27F. Winds S at 5 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
80%
Monday
Apr 06 Showers
Hi: 41° Lo: 29°
Showers. High 41F and low 29F. Winds W at 9 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
80%
Tuesday
Apr 07 Showers
Hi: 37° Lo: 25°
Showers. High 37F and low 25F. Winds W at 8 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
80%
Wednesday
Apr 08 Rain
Hi: 45° Lo: 33°
Rain. High 45F and low 33F. Light winds. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
30%
Thursday
Apr 09 Showers
Hi: 39° Lo: 31°
Showers. High 39F and low 31F. Winds NW at 6 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
80%
Friday
Apr 10 Showers
Hi: 41° Lo: 32°
Showers. High 41F and low 32F. Winds W at 4

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Todd
1988 Four Winns Horizon 200
AKA "Summer School"

Summer School is NOT in session.

I wouldn't risk it with lows of 23, 25'

Couple more weeks...

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

Thats what i am thinking. To big of a chance of nights in the teens and days in the low 30's for a few more weeks. I keep telling myself to be patient this year since the shop will be insulated and heated next year.

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Todd
1988 Four Winns Horizon 200
AKA "Summer School"

I'm launching this weekend. Lake Mohave, AZ. First weekend of spring break for my son.

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Jeff
2006 H240 6.2 MX 320HP B3
La Habra, California

I don't even want to think about it! Boat's still in the shop. Sat supposed to be 70F and sunny. Sun 30% chance of snow.

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Walt B
"Debt-Charged"
Black '07 H210SS
6.2L Bravo One turning a 21P HIFive
Wakeboard Tower with Perfect Pass Stargazer version
Missouri River; Kansas City, Mo.

Snow...... Revised forecast for west michigan , including southwest lower michigan, is calling for 3-6 inches of snow between Sunday and Monday at noon.

I'm glad our boat is tucked away in heated storage, I can't get that fired up to launch when the chance of having snow on our boat is in the forecast. I'll be glad to wait a couple of more weeks.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

If we had a cruiser, we would have been out a bunch already. Wife and kids don't want to ride around in an open bow in anything less than 80 degrees. The kids don't like to just sit on the boat and relax like I do. If they can't get in the water, they don't have much fun. Our water temp is about 61 degrees.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

Bathwater around here.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

I don't think that Lake Michigan even gets to 61 degrees. At least not till August.

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"Where Da Go"
2002 248 Vista
Lafayette, IN
http://blueoceanlife.worldventures.biz

In August, our surface temp is into the 80's. It gets so warm that its not even refreshing to get in sometimes.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4