Spring Cleaning Haul Out

It's that time of year again! We hauled our boat out of the water yesterday and had quite a time doing it. What was supposed to be a quick task turned out to be a 3 hour project.

First of all, we had to warm up the boat. I like to warm it up for about 10 or 25 minutes. Then, when we got to the pull out area, we started having problems with the boat trailer.

Originally designed for a different boat, we had to put a board at the front of the trailer to hold the bow of the boat. The board came loose and was guiding the boat off track while we were attempting to put the boat on the trailer.

On top of everything, a breeze came up and started pushing us sideways which made things more interesting.

When we got everything cinched down and started pulling the boat out of the water, the tow cable snapped. However, that wasn't the main thing holding the boat and nothing bad happened. For safety, we just tied a rope in place of the tow cable to the bow of the boat and proceeded.

Luckily, no one was waiting in line to haul their boat out of the water and I am happy that there were hardly any cars behind us as we trailered the boat to our house 6 miles away. We were using my mom's Suburban and my wife, brother, and three nephews were all helping.

Now the real work of getting the boat ready for the season begins!