FireDrill
New Member
Due to a miscommunication with the marina, my 1994 SunDancer was never winterized. I keep it in the water in DC, and we had a seriously crappy winter. I've been to the boat, and it appears to be in okay shape (that is, it hasn't flooded, or sunk...), but I have no idea how to be sure it's ready to fire up.
Unfortunately, the marina service department is really overloaded right now, and it might be a couple of weeks before they can get me fully inspected and ready to go. But we're having such beautiful weather right now, and I'm anxious to get out on the boat!
So, any advice for a relatively newbie boat owner, who is only kind of mechanically inclined, on what to do to get the boat ready? I have a couple of friends with a little more mechanical knowledge who are willing to help out, but they're not boat experts.
Please feel free to dumb it down - I haven't really done any work on the boat myself, but I'd like to. Just need to know where to start. Or if this is a fool's errand, and I should just wait for a profession to take care of it!
Unfortunately, the marina service department is really overloaded right now, and it might be a couple of weeks before they can get me fully inspected and ready to go. But we're having such beautiful weather right now, and I'm anxious to get out on the boat!
So, any advice for a relatively newbie boat owner, who is only kind of mechanically inclined, on what to do to get the boat ready? I have a couple of friends with a little more mechanical knowledge who are willing to help out, but they're not boat experts.
Please feel free to dumb it down - I haven't really done any work on the boat myself, but I'd like to. Just need to know where to start. Or if this is a fool's errand, and I should just wait for a profession to take care of it!