Perfect...The weather overall has been the best of the summer the last few weeks and you're getting out just in time.
curious how other parts of the country do it (assuming you winterize, maybe not if it's heated) - do they winterize the engines while it's in the slings and then block it inside?
I don’t winterze now, I’m in heated storage. When I was in the cold building I would dump 4 gallons of blue in each strainer with the engines running while they power washed the boat in the slings, then it was put into the building. I have closed cooling so once it came out the exhaust I was good.
cool, makes sense. It seems about 50/50 around here whether the indoor heated folks winterize or not.
Our yard here is very accommodating. Many boaters winterize the engines in a few minutes while it’s hanging in the slings over the haul out well. In the past I have had them block it outside and then I play with it for a week or so washing and waxing, last year I resealed the deck joint then winterized it and then they put it inside. They will pretty much will handle it anyway you want them to.
I have in the past, I used Pettit zinc spray worked pretty well and was cheap. Some say rust-oleum spray works well and is cheaper but never used it. I was going to put prop glide on the the current boat but the marina mechanic told me it didn’t work well in Texas weather. Now I just pay a diver to clean the bottom 2-3 times a year. He also replaces zinc as needed. Makes the boat go faster 1-2 mph at cruising speed. Since it is southern Texas it never freezes and the boat stays in the water year round.
The wind was howling yesterday on our side. What about for you? Kind of tricky or are you in a protected area?
