Boathouse or Dock Boat storage- Do's and Dont's

[BLucas86]

Morning TO's,

My RZX3 is going to spend it first summer in a boat lift on the water (May- Oct). I am very OCD about keeping the interior and exterior polished and wanted to see what creative ideas you guys have on keeping these beautiful rigs presentable for a full season? Also, best practices for Spiders/ Hornets...I also have the Tige Cover ALL cover, and im hoping this makes life easier.

Currently use a combo between Hula Boat Care and Boat Bling products. I have had success in the past with Babes Boat soap, but trying to decide if I'm going to rinse it each weekend or continue the "wipe down" process that I've done the last few years to keep her looking like new.

I do plan on getting it professionally detailed before the start of the season to make sure she starts off with a good waxin'.

Let me know any tips/ tricks, as I'm stoked to get her settled in, in her new home.

Cheers,
B

[LTWellman]

I'd definitely look at getting a spider misting system on your dock, it will make a huge difference in the spider webs. It won't make them all go away, but it will be a noticeable reduction. You have to use a all natural product, so as to not pollute the water, but it still does a good job keeping them at bay. My boat lives year round on my dock and I just wipe it down after each use and do a wax job 2x a year.

[freeheel4life]

20180320_122944.jpg If the bugs are truly that invasive I'd consider coming up with a way to block these vents on the new covers. They open right into the boat.
Maybe some piece of screen trimmed and glued on outside. Or even a piece of cloth mesh and have someone sew it on inside just around the vent on both sides.

[Bakes5]

If you have access to electricity, I like to run a fan into the bilge to dry everything out. I typically run mine for a day after a trip and then 30 minutes 2 times a day on a timer after that.

[JohnnieMo]

If you have access to electricity, I like to run a fan into the bilge to dry everything out. I typically run mine for a day after a trip and then 30 minutes 2 times a day on a timer after that.

Would the bilge blower accomplish the same thing if you left it on? Just curious. I installed a ceiling fan in my carport for the same reason.

[lee]

Maybe an air dryer?

https://www.davisnet.com/product/air-dryr-1000/

[CarFanatic]

wax once a year with rejex. Hot sauce after every use. boat looks brand new still.

[Bakes5]

Bilge blower is waaaay to low of flow. I use something like this. Pointed straight into floor. Blows into bilge and out under the drivers seat and the front port locker door. Pretty much airs out entire boat.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lasko-Sta...Y0-z2ZNE6CZqZQ

[Germaine Marine]

The seats on the Rzx have those pinhole cutouts at each corner. With the floor of the boat being so much higher out the bilge as well as the floor being seadek, needing to keep it dry wont be a problem. We use the Rzx all year, cover it with the coverall after each set and the boat does not have a moisture problem.

As for being kept outside on a lift and worrying about the exterior..

I say as long as its clean and has cut of wax on it I would roll it. I would think about switching to boat juice though. I dont think its as good as hot sauce for cutting hard spots, but once the boat is clean the polymers in the stuff give it a ton more protection from session to session, day to day. Once I got the boat perfect and switched to the stuff the thing wipes down like a breeze and the gel feels slick as snot all of the time.

I love to use it as a final spray.. I really think its second to none in that department.

I dont do SPiders in any capacity so I am no help on that front...

[akdoc]

If you do have sun exposure I would get either a dock curtain to cut that direct sun or a cover that extends to cover you entire sidewall of your boat. Mine is on a lift all year at the lake and it oxidized on the sun exposed areas. We have since added the dock curtains that come down and cut that sun exposure.

[BurnMac42]

I say as long as its clean and has cut of wax on it I would roll it. I would think about switching to boat juice though. I dont think its as good as hot sauce for cutting hard spots, but once the boat is clean the polymers in the stuff give it a ton more protection from session to session, day to day. Once I got the boat perfect and switched to the stuff the thing wipes down like a breeze and the gel feels slick as snot all of the time.

I love to use it as a final spray.. I really think its second to none in that department.

Is this the stuff you say is better than Hot Sauce?

[Germaine Marine]

I dont know how much better it is. I think its different. I dont think it cuts water spots as easy but I think the protection it offers is 10 fold of hot sauce for me thats most important. The polymers in the stuff are pretty wild as it leaves a pretty slick barrier across the boat. I use the stuff on all of my personal cars now at home. I think it tends to need a little more elbow grease if the boat is spotted bad the first time you use it. After the boat is hit with it though, re-applys and wipe downs are a cake walk. I think its better for what Im looking in a product.

[BurnMac42]

I'll give it a whirl...I'm about to run out of Hot Sauce....I'm with you I would much rather put in a little extra elbow grease for better protection of the boat...