West Coast Owners Group

[Maurice Cashman]

Thanks for all the feedback. Not sure how a 45 minute commute would be day to day, but it might be worth it for the water. I have looked at Murrieta a little cause of the schools there, seems nice. Talked to the Tige dealer there in Corona and got the same info with being prepared to travel to boat. Looks like a new diesel might be in my future. Bit of a risk with the potential issues, will have to see that it's been vetted out prior to committing. Thanks for the invite.

[Maurice Cashman]

One off topic question for you guys. Do you even winterize your boats? Debating on just getting it done here before shipping to CA. Don't want to take any risks so probably will just get it done.

[Ewok]

When are you moving out to CA? It might be smart to winterize there, or at least drain the block before you drive the boat over here. And as far as winterizing here goes, it depends on where you are going to store it. In the high desert such as Palmdale or Victorville it can get cold enough to worry about winterizing, but I'm not sure how it is near Riverside. I would bet you probably don't need to drain the block in the basin area but if you aren't going to use the boat much during the colder months I would drain the block anyhow. The Wx service is predicting a big El Nino event this winter for SoCal, lots of rain, I'm not sure how that affects the temps though.

[Maurice Cashman]

Should be within a month. I have probably false hopes of hitting the water a few more times, but need to just bite the bullet and get it done. With the move and weather conditions I'm sure I'm fooling myself.

[Thegerman618]

I have been winterizing since I got a boat out here 3 years ago (PALMDALE-HIGH DESERT) I do because it has been known to snow out here and sub 30 degree temps are the normal come November. Riverside, not so much but as EWOK was saying the weather predictions for this winter are supposed to be cold/rain/snow. I can also let you know that indoor storage locations if you don't have own one run about $250 a month. Ypu can winterize the boat 3 times for what it cost 1 month of storage. Water Temps are starting to fall off from the summer already out here, but most of us Cali folks are spoiled with 70-80 degree water in the summer so when 65 degree water temps hit I am pretty much done for the year and wont pull the boat back out till Memorial Day weekend.

Glad to see that Canyon Lake is still open I grew up on a Malibu Sunsetter out there kneeboarding. I hope the community and the state get that all worked out.

[Stingreye]

Should be within a month. I have probably false hopes of hitting the water a few more times, but need to just bite the bullet and get it done. With the move and weather conditions I'm sure I'm fooling myself.

No need for false hope, You can hit up Lake Perris even in December and January with a wetsuit. I went out a couple times in December last year We also will get those freak days in the Winter where its 75-80 degrees out and you can enjoy the empty lake.

This pic is from Elsinore Dec 30th after my wife got me the dry suit for Christmas. Crowds are gone now and will keep thinning out.

Elsinore December.jpg

The February Synthetic Swell at Lake Elsinore had water temps of 74....in February.
From Synswell's twitter:
Synthetic Swell @SynSwell 21 Feb 2014
Elsinore water temperature for Saturday event is 74! Holy cow batman, bring your wetsuit but leave it in your car!

[Maurice Cashman]

That's pretty awesome, the reservoir that we go to most of the time averages 68-70 in August. When you jump in around the end of May it'll take your breath away. Got a wetsuit this year but haven't broke it out yet!

[GzeroX5]

I'd love to join. Kitsap Peninsula, WA. Thanks! My wife and I are from Riverside, CA. Her parents still live there. Mine are in Newport Beach. We've trailered the boat down the coast a few times. I grew up boating on the Colorado River lakes and had a houseboat at Meade for 10+ years. Good times!

[TeamAllen]

That's cool, I bet you get a lot more boating time in WA then you ever did down here.

[vr6wannabe]

I just relocated from South Carolina to Las Vegas. Send me an invite!

[CDAWaves]

Another Idaho here in Dalton Gardens!

[Patrick805]

hello just bought first tige boat live in central California how do i join west coast owners group?

[H20werks]

Hey! My wife and I have just relocated from the Phoenix area. What do I need to get an invite to the WCOG?

[TeamAllen]

Welcome to the site! Where are you at now?

[H20werks]

Out in Murrieta. We were looking around the Newport area but the cost was way too prohibitive, and so we landed out here. Not our first choice, but we have a bit of land around us.