In slip for the summer - what maintenance issues?

I've put it in the water at the local marina that's 15 min. away out of convenience. It's easy to jump in after work and go for a spin.

This year, I put it in the slip for the month of August and probably will do most of Sept before I pull it out and put it in my garage. Next year, I'll probably do it longer.

I haven't done an extra maintenance to protect the outdrive or hull and wondering if I need to given that it will be in the water for about three months. Any opinions?

Thanks, Eric

The labor time doesn't bother me, but the performance hit is something I could do without.

Would a wax job be good enough?

Thanks for the Seloc link.

You will have to bottom paint.

After a day of use and docking the boat I trim my outdrive to the maximum up position to get as much of it out of the water as I can. Just make sure to trim it down when you go back to the boat and start the engine.

Nothing more that you can do before pulling the boat out of the water for the season and winterizing the engine and outdrive.

If you keep the boat in the water for more than a month or so make sure you bottom paint it. You may even want to consider epoxy barrier coating the bottom to prevent blisters. It is not hard to do, just tedious and messy. After 4 coats of the epoxy coat you can apply one or two coats of bottom paint. A word of caution. This will slow your boat down at least 5 mph at WOT due to the additional friction. ;-)

Do you use the "Trailer" button to bring the outdrive all the way up or just the trim?

Sorry for the ignorance, but do you mean the anodes on the trim tab? I'm a technician sort of person so is it a do-it-yourself sort of thing?

Actually, the "UP" on my trim has been a little flakey the past couple of weeks. The "Trailer" works fine to bring it up. I figured it was the switch in the handle and was going to wait for end-of-season to open up the handle. Could it be the trim tab anode is corroded?

BTW. I'm talking all freshwater.

Thanks.