Sounds like what I do to winterize around here… btw, the temp is all the way up to +7F right now… :^(
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Dec 13, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Here in the Pacific NW (Vancouver) we're getting freezing weather now, which > rarely happens. Many people keep a small ceramic heater running in their > boats, but what if the shore power goes out? > > Here is what I did last week to prep: > > 1. Run 2QM20 raw water cooled engine under load for 20min to warm it up. > Stop engine. Close seacock. Open sea strainer. Start engine. Pour RV > antifreeze into the sea strainer. Stop engine. Close sea strainer. > > 2. Drain fresh water holding tank system. Run RV antifreeze through the pump > and faucet. > > 3. Put RV antifreeze in the head and pump into empty holding tank. Run > macerator enough to get antifreeze in lines. > > 4. Put RV antifreeze in the bilge > > What do others do? Any tips? > > Thanks, > Jeremy > ________
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