Richie89
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just got a boat this year. been reading and learning about winterizing. since i live in atlanta, GA and it doesn't get that cold, is more than basic draining and filling with anti-freeze needed? thanks for any help
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just got a boat this year. been reading and learning about winterizing. since i live in atlanta, GA and it doesn't get that cold, is more than basic draining and filling with anti-freeze needed? thanks for any help
just got a boat this year. been reading and learning about winterizing. since i live in atlanta, GA and it doesn't get that cold, is more than basic draining and filling with anti-freeze needed? thanks for any help
. I would think many parts of Georgia are the same including the Atlanta area.
Great thing about the weather here. Could be 27 one night and the next night be 47. One day 45 the next 65. If you don't like the weather one day, don't worry about it, It will be different the next day. Oh Mike I bet it didn't stay 27 very long!!!!
hi guys, thanks for the help. for more information, i have A/C, a vacu-flush, holding tank, water heater, about everything. i keep the boat on a trailer inside a garage, but it's not heated and there's open doors so it's about the same temp inside as it is outside. i'm also near lake allatoona in marietta, so it does freeze, but when it does it's just for a matter of hours overnight usually, and just a handful of time per year usually.
In your situation here is what I would do if it were my boat:hi guys, thanks for the help. for more information, i have A/C, a vacu-flush, holding tank, water heater, about everything. i keep the boat on a trailer inside a garage, but it's not heated and there's open doors so it's about the same temp inside as it is outside. i'm also near lake allatoona in marietta, so it does freeze, but when it does it's just for a matter of hours overnight usually, and just a handful of time per year usually.
Not sure about the 240. But on my boat its in the bilge. There is a seacock with a black hose line running to a strainer. From the strainer another black hose goes to a cylindrical looking pump which has a white hose coming out the other end. The white hose is the line running to the a/c system, and has all the water in it. I just close the seacock, disconnect the hose between the pump and the strainer, at the strainer. Then I put my 1.5 gallon shop vac against the open end of the hose and blow out the water (or you could suck it out if you don't have a way to blow it out). I also use the shop vac to suck out water left in the strainer, in the line between the strainer and the seacock, and the seacock itself.thanks bill. can u share with me any thoughts on draining the A/C lines. and i don't have an onboard genny, just a honda for the docks.
Hay Richie89, Glad to hear you decided to winterize. That is how I got my boat. It lived on Lanier and the engine froze, when I say froze I mean everything water passes through split not cracked, split. I bought the boat, replaced the engine and I winterize it every year. Congadulations on you purchase.thanks, gonna get started this afternoon. i might have some specific questions once i'm in there. i'm going to change the oil and filter, impeller, and outdrive oil while i'm at it. i at least know where to start with everything except the A/C. i don't even know how to get to it and even where the strainer is. any help on that?