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Lake Monroe · 2026 Season

Sometimes you have to do things you'd rather not.

Winterizing your boat is one of them.

Whether you just want freeze protection or you'd like her pampered, The Dam Boathouse has you covered. We're here to make it simple.

What will it cost?
See what we do
Prices on the page. No phone tag, no waiting on a quote.

Getting it here

Bring it, or we'll come get it

Turnaround

Most boats in 2–3 days

Storage season

Nov 1 – Apr 30

Whatever you run, we winterize it

Every boat gets the same base service. What changes is how many systems on board hold water — which is why we price it the way we do, rather than quoting one number and hoping.

Outboard

Portables to 400hp

$191 and up

Two-stroke and four-stroke. Lower unit, fuel system, gear lube, fogging.

Sterndrive / IO

Alpha, Bravo, SX, DP, OMC

$300 and up
Basic freeze protection, or full service with oil, filter and gear lube.

Inboard

V-drives and tow boats

$300 and up
Small block through big block. Ballast and heaters counted per system.

Jet & PWC

Yamaha, Sea-Doo

$361 and up
Singles and twins, runabouts and skis.

Sterndrive owners — read this one

Don’t cut it fine. I/Os are where freeze damage actually happens, and we need your boat at least three days before the first hard freeze to get it done properly.

Nobody can tell you when that freeze is coming. A mild October can turn overnight, and there’s no date we can put on this page that would be honest. Getting it here in time is on you — and the boats that get hurt are the ones that waited on the forecast.

Basic or full — here's the difference

Basic keeps the water out of places it can split. Full service does that and changes the fluids that would otherwise sit dirty in the engine all winter.

Every winterize includes

  • Fuel stabilized
  • Started and run
  • Block and manifolds drained
  • Flushed with antifreeze
  • Engine oil level checked
  • Greased where needed

Full service adds

  • Oil and filter changed
  • Gear lube changed

Sterndrive service shown. Outboards, inboards and jets follow the same basic / full split — pick yours in the estimator for the exact list and price.

Wrap it, store it, or take it home

One drop-off in the fall, one pickup in the spring. Storage runs the season — November 1 through April 30, not by the month.

Shrink wrap only

Wrapped here, stored at your place

from $382

Outside storage

In our yard, camera-monitored

from $400

Shrink wrap + storage

Wrapped and stored in our yard

from $595

Fully enclosed

Inside, out of the weather. Limited spots — please call or text for availability.

from $792
Shrink wrap is priced on your boat’s length plus three feet, fully enclosed storage on length plus four.
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While it's here anyway

A winter’s worth of growth comes off a lot easier now than it will in April, and the boat goes into storage clean instead of green.
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Hull cleaning

Waterline and below

$16.28 / ft

Pontoon cleaning

Per toon

$100

Haul-out from your lift, slip or ramp

Monroe Dam through Lake Lemon and Painted Hills

$75 – $250

Fresh water and A/C systems

Anything else on board that holds water

$117.80 each

Winter is when the big jobs get done

Six months off the water is the only window where real work doesn’t cost you a weekend. Come spring the boat comes out better than it went in. All quoted job by job — ask while it’s here.

Pontoon remodels

New decking, flooring, furniture, helm. Tired toon in November, near enough new in April.

Fiberglass repair & correction

Cracks, gouges, dock rash and oxidation cut back and brought good again.

Ceramic coating

Hull and topsides sealed so next season's grime rinses off instead of grinding in.

Whatever you've been putting off

Electronics, upholstery, trailer work, the thing that's bugged you all summer. Ask.

How drop-off works

No appointment to book and no time slot to keep. We’d rather you came when it genuinely suits you.

First

Bring it when you're done

Whenever you've had your last day on the water. Pull around back and park it with the other boats — you don't need to find anyone first. Leave the keys with us; we can't start it, run it or move it around the lot without them.

THEN

We work through them as they land

Most boats are finished in two or three days. A hard cold snap or a run of rain can stretch that, but the crew moves the lot fast.

Finally

Pay however suits you

Boat's done, we email you an invoice. Pay it and pick up whenever it works — including after hours. Most people find that the easiest way, but tell us if you'd rather do it differently.

The one thing we ask: tell us when you’re coming. If we know your pickup date, we can block your boat in tight instead of keeping a lane open to it — which is a lot less work on our end. Even if it’s going to be longer than a week, that’s fine. Just tell us up front and we’ll work with it. What makes the fall hard is the boat nobody’s said anything about.
If we’re coming to get it

Pulling off a lift, out of a slip or off a ramp, we need everything it takes to move your boat without phoning you from the water. Have this sorted when you arrange the haul-out:

  • Keys — ignition, and anything else that locks
  • Gate and dock codes — any combo, key card or fob we'll need to reach it
  • Exactly where it is — which ramp or marina, dock and slip number, which lift
  • Whatever else it takes — lift remote, cover keys, where the trailer's parked, any quirk only you know about
A trip out there that ends with us standing next to a boat we can’t move costs us both a day. Two minutes up front saves it.

What happens come spring

Worth knowing before you drop it off, so there are no surprises in April.

De-winterize and spring start-up

Wrapping pulled, systems flushed and brought back to life

$100 – $150

Launch back in the water

Same rate as the haul-out you paid in the fall

$75 – $250

$5 a day, starting seven days after we finish.

That’s for the boat we’ve had no word about. Tell us your plan and we’ll work with it — even if you need longer than a week.

This isn’t about the $5. A boat we can’t plan around has to stay reachable, which eats a lane we could be parking three more in. Give us a date and it stops being a problem. Boats staying for winter storage are exempt — that’s what you’re already paying for.

We’ll call you in March to sort out a date before the ramps get busy.

Find out what yours costs

Pick your engine, tick what you want done, and watch the total add up. Takes about a minute, and there's nothing to fill in until you've seen the number.

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