www.iFourWinns.com

What do you all do to pass the time over the "long" winter months till the next boating season. I get by now digging
out my lake around the dock as they drain it for the winter. Then of course we have the "holidays" then once the
lake freezes we use the atvs to pull the boys around and "ice fish" which is code for drinking beer w the buds. Then
I'm amazed that just a few months prior I was out on the lake with my boat now I'm riding on it. People from the
south well "im jealous".

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2011 Bennington 2075 GLi
2012 Key West 211 DC
2005 Four winns 180 Horizon LE
1997 Horizon QXsold
2000 248 Vistasold
2002 Key West 2020WA sold

1) Look at the open water in Great Bay everyday, as I go over the bridge into Portsmouth .... and watch the working boats, still on the water.

2) Watch for "ice out" on Winni.

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

Steam clean/shampoo the snap in carpet, launder the snap on covers in woolite at the laundromat, shop around for trailer tires (considering Maxxis), plan lake trips for the 2011 season and make reservations, watch college basketball and drink beer. The lakes dont freeze around here so no ice fishing for me.

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2005 Horizon 250

watch the browns lose, the cavs lose, and plan on watching the indians lose in the spring

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1999 298 Vista [color=#FF0000]Sold!!!
twin Volvo 5.7GXI

Woody: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson?
Norm: Alright, but stop me at one...make that one-thirty

This is my favorite time of year, the docks are empty we can really raise hell on the river. There is nothing better than sleeping on the boat when it's 18 and snowing outside or 34 and pouring rain. We try to go boat camping 2-3 times/month all winter long.

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2000 268 Vista "Reely Nauti"
http://www.facebook.com/#!/rivercruiser

I save all my indoor projects around the house for the winter. It keeps me busy for a while, but around the end of January I start going crazy. The boat shows in the area usually help a little, but I hope we have an early spring in '11 like we did this past spring.

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2010 H190 4.3VP
Tow Vehicle:
2007 F150
Previous boats:
2009 H180 3.0VP
1996 Horizon QX 3.0VP

Try to pay off all the things I bought for the boat during the summer so that I can do it all again next summer. Or something like that. Maybe it's buy new things that I can install when the weater gets warm again. I'll have to check my AMEX bill and see what it says.

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'01 Vista 298

Kids' music activities, house projects, shooting, woodworking, & ham radio/electronics tinkering.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Don't be, because even us southerners have to take time away from the boat to clean out the garage due to neglect during the our long boating season(s). I have so much crap in my garage, I am probably going to have to rent a roll-away dumpster this year.

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

I have decided that this winter I am moving to a warmer climate! That will take care of this issue!

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Brian Borchik
The Winds of Cold Springs Harbor Marina
Baldwinsville, NY

Sleep, drink beer, play pool, ride quads, and try and catch up on the all projects in the house that I've neglected all summer.

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1996 4 Winns Horizon 170 SOLD
1997 4 Winns Sundowner 205 SOLD
2000 4 Winns Horizon 230 CURRENT
Tow Vehicle: 2007 Toyota Tundra Limited SOLD
1999 Chevy Tahoe 4x4 SOLD
2003 GMC Yukon XL 2500 6.0

The Browns are actually doing something this year....my wife is from Ohio...HUGE Browns fan.

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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

Sorry guy's up North, but I look forward to this time of year. No afternoon storms to worry about and the Africa heat finally goes away. The wind picks up some which isn't great but the cooler weather makes up for it so we boat more.

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2008 318 Vista "Ka-wai-ola"
350 MPI/BravoIII DTS Seacore
2006 1500 Key West -70 Yamaha
Previous Boats
Key West 2300CC
Pacemaker 270 Sport Fish
290 Sea Ray

I snowmobile, used to do it a lot but more and more as kids activities are increasing the free time for that is going away.

SW Florida Dave, I'd like to say that if I lived in a warm climate I'd do the same. I've got several friends in Florida who really kind of hole up in the winter because "it's cold" .

I actually love winter, as long as it's the type of winter you can have fun in. Snowmobile, sled, ski, etc. A long cold snow-less winter is no fun. Just brown and depressing, we've had several of those here over the past 10 years and as as it's 69 degrees outside right now it looks like we're on our way again.

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2005 Horizon 230 5.7 GXi/DP "Nauti Addiction"
Towed with a 2003 Suburban Z71

Hey guys, in response to a post I had and along with this topic I wrote an article about winter boating related activities...

http://www.examiner.com/boating-in-syracuse/boating-activities-to-pass-the-winter-months

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Brian Borchik
The Winds of Cold Springs Harbor Marina
Baldwinsville, NY