[Rhodes22-list] winterizing- help please

[Julie Thorndycraft]

We found a guy that has several big pole barns just south of Cologne and his 
rate was $9 a foot for indoor unheated storage. He also has outdoor and 
heated indoor. He helped us position the boat in the back corner so it is 
good spot. He also let us take the time to put the jack stands down so the 
tires are actually off the ground for the winter. The Carver County 
fairgrounds were actually more - I think they wanted $15 a foot and the 
State Fair grounds had restrictions on when you could drop it off/pick it 
up. If I recall, there was no option to put the stands down because they 
want the ability to move things around, if they needed to. $9 a foot was the 
cheapest we found. Of course some choices got eliminated because the door 
clearance was too low for the mast caddy.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] winterizing- help please


> 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 -----
>> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> 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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