Need to winterize a moored boat?

[wrasse]

I keep my 42ft express in a large lake that never freezes in Seattle. It has twin diesel inboards.

It will be my first winter with the boat. Do I need to "winterize" the engine or have a bilge heater to protect the engine from cracking?


I plan on keeping a heater on a thermostat to keep cabin/cockpit above freezing. Hopefully that will be enough...

Our winters are typically mild but can get down to 20s-30s although they are predicting a harsher winter this year.

Please help!

 

[The Bill Collector]

I keep heat on in the salon and heat in the engine room too.

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[rcknecht]

I don't get it... How do you keep the heat on on in a moored boat? How do you get electricity?

I would winterize the water system, genny and engines and I would periodically run and rewinterize the genny to chage the batteries...

 

[The Bill Collector]

I don't get it... How do you keep the heat on on in a moored boat? How do you get electricity?

I would winterize the water system, genny and engines and I would periodically run and rewinterize the genny to chage the batteries...

I assumed from the original post that the moorage had power at it..... My moorage is in a boathouse with 2 x 30amp 120 volt outlets in it.

 

[rcknecht]

I was envisioning a mooring ball in a harbor without an extension cord....

 

[katricol]

Is it a mooring or a slip ???

 

[The Bill Collector]

Sorry my bad. I'm obviously confused.

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[wrasse]

Sorry, I meant I keep it in a slip with power.

I thought moored meant the same thing, newbie mistake!

 

[Tonka Boater]

Sorry, I meant I keep it in a slip with power.

I thought moored meant the same thing, newbie mistake!

You had the correct terminology. A boat can be moored in a slip. Mooring simply means you are secured to a fixed object. Mooring balls are usually what comes to mind.

 

[The Bill Collector]

Great, than you!!!

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