1. Did the service on my motors.
2. Replaced inop temp sensor.
3. Replaced flush valve on toilet.
4. Waxed the boat.
5. Woody waxed the non skid.
6. Cleaned and waxed all railings and fittings.
7. Cleaned and polished all the eisenglass
8. Serviced the generator.
9. Restrung my outrigger lines, 400 lb mono, longs are black, shorts are red.
10. On my four 30s that have braid, I removed the spro and redid them with the sebile knot.
11. Retied all my witches and islanders, replacing all the hooks.
12. Sharpened all my hooks and used a black sharpie on the points.
13. Reorganized my tackle for the 4th time.
14. Made up some new sword rigs and tuna chunking rigs.
15. Removed all my cushions in my cabin, took the covers off, washed them, put them back on, and treated them with scotch guard.
16. Checked and rechecked all my safety gear.
17. Took inventory of my bait and ballyhoo.
18. Repaired 2 rollers and 1 eye on rods.
19. Tied more deep drop rigs.
20. Backed up all my waypoints.
21. Repaired a small tear in a seat cushion.
22. Sharpened both gaffs.
23. Cleaned my bilge.
24. Surfed all the fishing sites about 100 times.
25. Reread my fishing magazines again.
26. Actually did many honey dos around the house.

OK - what else am I missing? Seems I still have time as the wind just won't stop.

How dose the woody wax work?
I have been thinking to try it but its a bit pricey
They clam its makes it easer to clean without being slippery

David

David, I do like woody wax for the non skid. It is pricey but a little goes a long way. It does get a coat of wax on the non skid which makes cleanup a lot easier at the end of the day. You just put a few squirts down on a wet non skid, then use your boat brush to spread a thin layer everywhere. Let it dry, then rinse it off...no need for buffing the non skid. One thing to be careful of if you get any of it on your gelcoat, it will dry on it too like a coat of wax and you'll have to buff it out. I found this out because I put some on the non skid on the bow, then when I went to rinse it off, it flows down the side of your boat. Same thing when doing the topside of your hardtop. It supposedly has a lot of other uses too but so far only used it for non skid.

Hands down -Woody Wax the best wax I ever used. Two observations 1) When using it on the non-slip surfaces esp the cockpit deck use it SPARINGLY-just like the can says. It done properly it grips great and makes clean-up of fish blood a snap. The first time I applied it to the deck- I did it under the typical male theory of "if a little is good - more will be better" result - 2 weeks of fishing while standing on marbles.
2) On the tower metal, bow rail, cleats, etc. - the small bottle of sealer that comes with combo kit is really a great finishing product. Lots of work to apply and get off -but it is well worth the effort.

Kent

looks like we all still got a wile for the weather to cooperate sucks!

Fish Dad,
I'm curious to know what kind of wax you use on your hull gel coat. I too have a black hull and I'm just curious to what your using. I'm getting ready to work on my list soon and I'm shopping for a new wax.
Travis

Thanks for all the input.
I will give it a try.
I spend more time trying to clean the nonskid than I do cleraning trhe rest for the boat.

Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David / Salt Shaker

Woody Wax is some good stuff. It also brings back the color to those faded graphite reels.

You forgot
27. Go clean the tog slime from BillyBoy's skiff and get that deck spiffy white again.
28. Organize his tackle bag.

I use woody wax on all my aluminum and on my TLD & other reels.

Don't forget to scrub your sacrificial annodes on some sandpaper. My boat is only a year old and I noticed that they were already pitted and chalked up not doing me a bit of good towards dissimilar metal and galvonic corrosion.

I thought the pitting and such meant they were doing their job. Am I wrong??

--Brett

You are correct. I would be more worried if the zincs did not have any pitting after a whole year in the water.

Everyone here is correct but if they are excessivly pitted and chalky you can give them a quick scub to shiny new and give them a more want to corrode surface instead of your fuse banks. A quick little touch up once a year that is minimal on cost for the longevity of everything else in my opinion.

Forgot to mention when your in fresh water as much as or more than salt going to magnesium instead of zinc anodes is even a softer and better way to go.

Thanks for the clarification.

--Brett