Dancin Dave
Active Member
Winterization= Goin South. Cant stand to see her in ice,snow,shrink wrap, etc... Leaving for Hilton Head S.C. mid November. Will visit and run her every 4 wks. Bring her home in April. Now thats what I call winterization
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Dancin Dave said:Winterization= Goin South. .... Leaving for Hilton Head S.C. mid November. Will visit and run her every 4 wks. Bring her home in April. Now thats what I call winterization
thunderbird1 said:This will be the first year I've kept my boat in the water during the winter months. I'm planning a staged approach. In November I'll add about 5 gals of pink antifreeze to my fresh water tank so I can continue to use the head into January. Once the river reaches low 40's in December, I'll drain the AC, as the heat pump won't do us much good then anyway. If the weather drops into the 20's, I'll drain the fresh water system and stop using the head. I'm planning to continue using the genset and boat engine (closed cooling), so I'll probably also invest in a bilge heater for added peace of mind. Hopefully, this minor maintenance + an electric cabin heater will get me safely into March, when the weather starts to warm up again here in the Northwest.
widowmaker said:I'm dropping mine off at the marina for winterization tommorrow.
Hope to have it detailed and buttoned up next weekend. Sad times....
mrsrobinson said:We will fill the fresh water tank up with the pink stuff in late December. I will re-install the Boat Safe Bilge heater about the same time. Other than that, we do not winterize as we use her year round, Richmond, VA.
Bottom Line said:I had Sta-bil to put in the gas this weekend. Should I go ahead and put it in the tanks now, even though I cannot run the engines???
SearayPaul said:We were going out today until we got up. About 50 today with 10 to 15 mph winds today much too cold for me.
Bottom Line said:Anyway, I think I will at least add to the tanks...it can't hurt.