[Rhodes22-list] Winterizing boat

[Wally Buck]

Kari,

I was always told to leave the motor in the water unless danger of the water 
freezing. The water temp is warmer than the air temp and this will help keep 
your lower unit from freezing. If you have water in your tank you might want 
to empty but I really doubt you would have a problem with just one night of 
a light freeze.

My boat is in a slip now with the motor in the water. We have had many hard 
freezes and it fired up this weekend and last with no problem. I  emptied my 
water tank over Thanksgving.

Good luck!

Wally






>From: Kari Day <karihazen@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Winterizing boat
>Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:23:53 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hello All,
>
>My husband Joe & I purchased a 1999 R22 this past
>August. We  keep the Daydreamer in a slip on Lake Ray
>Hubbard, which is just northeast of Dallas, TX. We
>have been happily sailing her this winter as the
>temperatures have been mild. However there is a
>predicted hard freeze (low 20s) for tomorrow evening
>with Friday's temps climbing back into  the 50s. The
>motor is completely out of the water. Is there
>anything else that we should do to prepare for our
>mini cold-blast? I have searched through some of the
>archives, but not seen this topic of discussion.
>
>Thanks for a great web site and discussion group. We
>read up on several topics before deciding which
>options to purchase. Your towing tips from the towing
>discussion thread were very helpful.
>
>Regards,
>Kari Day
>
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