our rule of thumb is to start getting the boat ready to haul the last weekend in September. Pull the mast the first weekend in October and the actually haul for the winter the second weekend of October. We have held off longer but you never know. One year we hauled late October in a sleet storm so the following year we came out the first weekend in October to 70+ degrees and blue sky. Sitting on the cradle watching the other boats sailing in the bay.