i dip and have quit several times but then the grass needs to be cut and I need a chew to cut the grass....i guess when I finally give it up I'll have to teach the wife how to push a lawnmover :-)
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to answer the initial ?.....no I did not take my BR to the Bahamas but I want to and plan to. I will be sure to use this forum when I start my planning and will be sure to take lost of pictures!
first ? - is the boat sitting on a trailer while you are not using it? This makes a big difference to what temps the bildge will see...
If you are gonig to run the boat at least once every 45-60 days then you dont need to fog it.
just get the motor up to temp...pull them plugs...add...
I've had my 240SD 18 miles out in the gulf on a nice day - not a problem...
Crossed the bay in Tampa with it...no problem (watch out for the 'rollers' from the barges)
BUT was never in anything above 2 footers and that is really about as high as I would want to go in a BR off shore.
I've seen wave runners make this trip but that is a totally different subject. I have a 240SD that I plan to make the trip w/ within the next 2 years but I'm going with a group of big boats (just havent gotten things defined yet but it will be summertime when the seas have laid down)...I would...
I have recently started reading novels again (aside from the boating magazines)...I like those with a little mystery....little suspense.......little T&A ;-) and if you throw in a little boating/sailing it is even better. I've read every Stuart Woods and James Patterson book out there and a few...
I have one of the old hanging lights (with a metal protective grade/mess thingy) that holds a 40-60 watt bulb... I laid it in the bilde last year with the boat was in the driveway and the temps were going to the high 20's since I didnt get a chance to winterize it yet...I think I paid less than...
I had a friend tell me that it has to get into the low to middle 20's before any freezing will damage my 350 mag on my 250 SD - he went as far as to say the 32 temps are pretty much harmless to engines...put a mason jar full of water outside...once this is frozen solid is when you will see...