[Rhodes22-list] winterizing- help please

[Steve Alm]

Julie,

Where did you wind up storing Blue Loon?  You said a pole barn?  What did
you find out about the fairgrounds?

Slim
P.S. Looking forward to the NLSC party.

On 11/5/04 7:03 AM, "Julie Thorndycraft" <julie at circle7.net> wrote:

> Phyllis,
> We have the Yamaha 9.9 electric start motor and we cheated due to lack of
> time. We dropped the boat off at a Yamaha dealer for a few days and they
> took care of the winterizing of the motor. Cost was $130 but when you don't
> have time to do it yourself..... We also had them do a little prop repair
> while they were at it.
> 
> As for the batteries, I think whether you leave them in the boat or not
> depends upon what type they are. You are best checking with someone who
> sells batteries to see what is best - some batteries will last longer when
> they are recharged periodically throughout the season. We were also told to
> never store the batteries on cement - they need to be on something like a
> piece of wood. Note: the first year we left our batteries on the boat
> through the winter. They had been working fine through the previous season
> but when we went to charge them in the spring we found that they would not
> hold the charge and when we put a 'load' on them they dropped off way too
> fast and did not recover. We ended up buying new batteries. It's cheaper to
> find out the proper method of storing your type of batteries - wet cell,
> closed cell, AGM, etc.
> 
> I would also agree with Slim as to the spreaders. We don't remove ours but
> then we store our boat in a large pole barn so we don't have to cover it. If
> you are in an environment that gets snow, the weight of the tarp plus snow
> weight may bend the spreaders. If you're not in snow country, then you might
> not need to worry about it. Slim is up here with us in Minnesota and if I
> stored my boat outside with a cover - I'd be taking them off.
> 
> Looking forward to spring,
> Julie
> s/v Blue Loon
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 5:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] winterizing- help please
> 
> 
>> Phyllis,
>> Even though you didn't use the fresh water system, there probably is
>> water
>> in the lines and pump. Pick up a gallon of nontoxic RV anti-refreeze at
>> Walmart, a RV store or a marine store and add it to the water tank. Open
>> the  faucet
>> and run some through until the pink of the antifreeze shows up.
>> Another method I prefer is to put a couple of liters of Vodka in the water
>> system and then add some orange juice in the spring.
>> The marine head or porta-potti also needs to be dealt with.
>> Spreaders should be fine. I don't know why the previous owner removed
>> them.
>> If you are going to top off the gas tanks, purchase some Sta=Bil (gasoline
>> stabilizer) and add it to the gas. It prevents varnishing.
>> Check your motors owners manual on winterizing. Or, take it to a dealer to
>> be winterized. My experience has been that if the motor has a thermostat,
>> it
>> must be removed to drain the water from the cooling jacket to prevent
>> freezing
>> and ruptures.
>> 
>> Rummy
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