Len I agree with you and do basically the same - though I have a piece of dedicated hose with a male / male barb fitting in one end which I simply put into the hose that I remove from the through hull. Takes a little bit of quick moving to get to the engine panel to stop the engine before the antifreeze container is completely dry.
While on the subject of winterization, until last year I always found it tricky to get all the oil out of the sump using the plastic hose supplied with my electric pump. Last year I found a connectors to connect a piece of copper pipe ,with a small enough od to go down the dipstick "port", to the flexible hose. I can easily feel when the copper pipe touches the bottom of the sump. Works like a charm. -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Sep 28, 2015, at 13:59, Mitchell's via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Edd, I take the intake hose off and stuff a smaller hose in a couple inches > and re-clamp it. Use electrical tape to make the outside diameter fit > whatever small hose you have and pull antifreeze remotely. The less permanent > connections to sea water the better for less leak potential. I use a 2 or 3 > foot piece of beverage hose and place a large antifreeze container on the > floor. Takes 10 seconds to rig and works every time. Factor the small size of > the opening in the antifreeze jug with whatever hose size you end up > installing. My 2 cents: keep it simple. Save your money for racing sails. > Len > > Sent from my mobile device. > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
