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I am almost finished wth my list, even the newly expanded list.
Your Winter Maint

1. add hinges to the anchor locker cause it hurts when you drop it. - Not done, not level with the deck
2. Finish the remaining teak pieces on the boat (dash panels & sump cover) - Done
3. purchase and install the fly top / side curtains / windshield - Done
4. install the sun top - Not done, will install this summer
5. chip away the wooden strakes attached to the hull bottom - Done See below
6. remove some or all of the bottom paint <- depends on time and weather. On Hold until Fall

Things added to the list:
7. repairing holes from large screws - Not Done
8. Install amp & Speakers for ipod - amp in, speaker wire run, speakers not installed
9. Replace seat bottom from stern seat and seal wood - In Progress
10. Clean up console, bundle wires Done

Boat was washed and 1/2 waxed this weekend. Will finish waxing, patch holes next weekend if the weather is good and put her on the lift.

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Kamie,

Would you give more detail on the "Install amp & Speakers for ipod - amp in, speaker wire run, speakers not installed"? My kids all have them (ipods) and it might be a good addition for my boat.

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With the 12 month boating season in Florida, sometimes maintenance never gets done, fix it when it breaks, is the motto of some boaters, not me, I like working on boats better than boating.In my days as a youth (yute) on Long Island, the sight and song of the first red wing blackbird in late march, was the trigger to start working on the boat with a target for a May first launch. these were the days of wooden boats, with which seemed like a total refurb every spring. How I loved it:)

rich

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TexasOutrage,
I installed the poly planar MZ-100 amp which can be used as a stand alone amp and comes with a volume control that turns the amp off. similar to the ME-50 amp that comes as part of the Poly Planar iPod kit, but on the ME-50 the volume does not shut the amp off. I also installed the IC-3.5PM which is an accessory input for anything that can output sound thru a RCA plug. The speakers are MA-800 box speakers that I plan to mount under the stern seat when it gets fixed. I might add an additional set of speakers or a possibly a subwoofer in the console once I see how it does for sound. I will take photo's next time I am down at the boat, Sunday is the day to document all the progress, but it was raining too much to uncover the boat.

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Kamie I installed hinges on my outrage for the same reason you want to and they work great.

I installed two roughfully ten inches from the top and ten from the bottom.
They are not flush with the deck but they are smooth and not bad on bare feet.

I know they work great and look fine. And my boat mates love the fact that cover is not flying around the deck anymore.

Good luck

Blake

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Congrats on your progress Kamie! I am so far behind schedule its hard to believe I started :o:D - Thank god I have other boats to use for the time being. B)

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I feel the same as Scott. I have the teak all done and ready to reinstall, but, I need to compound and wax first. I have to install the new GPS. I really want to tackle the new drain tubes as well. I am waiting for my new RPS seat to come from halls, and my new Decals. I'm kinda in limbo right now. I hope to be done by opening of fluke season. If there is a fluke season.

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Blake,
When I say they aren't level, I am really talking about the fact the anchor locker cover and the deck are not level with each other. I will need to shim the locker cover side, but 2, maybe 3 washers.
Believe me when I say, I so wanted to be out on Saturday, sunny and 70's. If the holes below the waterline had all been patched, I would have been in the water.

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Right on.
I was out the last two saturday and actually took my wife camping the saturday last.

We spent the night on the beach.
Place called capers island / prices cut in South Carolina. Just awesome.

So I am sure you got the fever.
We do too.

Blake