Heated Indoor Storage and Winterizing the Engines

[Westie]

Here is an idea. I understand you want some back up. Think about just running a couple of 100 watt light bulbs if the heat goes off in the bildge. This could buy you the additional time in case of outage.

Wow just wow.
What a great way to start a fire. That will keep the engine nice and warm.

 

[northshore]

Mike
You have to do what will make you rest easy at night. It's simple enough to pink the engines. It literally takes more time to pour the gallons into a container than run the stuff through.

Ron, you hit it on the head. I'm ordering the sea flush funnel kit.

 

[rondds]

Atta boy!! ;-)

 

[Gary Hill]

Wow just wow.
What a great way to start a fire. That will keep the engine nice and warm.

Explain please.

 

[BOATER JOHN]

Northshore where in clev. is indoor heated? Do they trailer your boat to building?

 

[northshore]

Northshore where in clev. is indoor heated? Do they trailer your boat to building?

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[northshore]

Explain please.

Greetings Gary,

If the bulbs were in an ignition proof container (as bilge lights normally are) it would 'probably' be OK.
They would certainly need to be protected from accidental damage as a small amount of gasoline vapor combined with with arc of a filament from a bulb that was just shattered... well... :wow:

In the end, there are ways to go that are not as risky

-Mike

 

[Gary Hill]

Greetings Gary,

If the bulbs were in an ignition proof container (as bilge lights normally are) it would 'probably' be OK.
They would certainly need to be protected from accidental damage as a small amount of gasoline vapor combined with with arc of a filament from a bulb that was just shattered... well... :wow:

In the end, there are ways to go that are not as risky

-Mike

OK cool. I should have written about the required safety. Sometimes what is obvious to me isn't for others.

 

[northshore]

Follow up....

With a bit of prodding from Ron, I went ahead and did the engines and genny myself. I bought the sea flush funnel kit and that worked out ok. In another thread, some one had mentioned buying extra sea strainer caps and modifying them to directly connect a reservoir of antifreeze to them so you can do the whole job solo. I'm going to give this a run next year.

One thing that I forgot about the consequences of... dripless shafts
Made a hell of a mess :grin:

 

[rondds]

WAY TO GO!! That " someone on another thread" may have boon me. A friend of mine just did the same thing after borrowing mine.

 

[rondds]

Another option is to T off the raw water intake hose, which is what I did with this boat.

 

[340Sundancer]

I am putting my "new" boat to me this year in heated storage. This is the first winter with my 2005 340 Sundancer. I was only going to drain the water from the fresh water system, head, shower, AC lines, transom washdown, and clean up. My marina for heated storage is kept at 55 degrees and has 2 back up systems: Generators and Solar.

What else would you experienced guys suggest I should do? Thanks!

 

[rcknecht]

Fuel Stabilizer/fogging.. I would also put a tarp over the boat for dust and bird/bat droppings... With the backup systems winterization should not be necessary, but some will recommend it...