Putting the boat away for the winter

dvx216 said:
Leaky intake valve so it's heated storage for us this year to have work done .Usually shrink wrapped. We will be replacing the carpet in the cabin with Plasteak so we'll be able to get that done.Kind of odd not going through all the steps to but the boat away for the winter though.View attachment 61517
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Yowsers....is that beauty properly supported??? Seems like an awfulllll lot of weight on that forward set of blocks. I've never seen a boat of this size not have jack stands up and down both sides.

EDIT - I checked a photo from my 340 and she had six jack stands, three each side, and three sets of blocks under the keel.
 
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Ezsteps said:
I've glanced at MacRay's hoist, I think you'll be just fine.
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Yep - it's a monster. The operator 10 years ago was hired away from MacRay by Travel-Lift. It went downhill after that. When the current owner took over a few years ago, he had the hoist inspected and they said failure was imminent! He made major repairs.
 
Ezsteps said:
No I have an adapter that I plug into the boat and run an extension cord to a 110 outlet at the marina and power it up that way.
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dvx216 said:
Leaky intake valve so it's heated storage for us this year to have work done .Usually shrink wrapped. We will be replacing the carpet in the cabin with Plasteak so we'll be able to get that done.Kind of odd not going through all the steps to but the boat away for the winter though.View attachment 61517
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Ezsteps said:
No I have an adapter that I plug into the boat and run an extension cord to a 110 outlet at the marina and power it up that way.
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Hmm. So you're saying without batteries you're able to raise the cockpit floor by hooking up AC power to your boat and powering it that way?
 
My Crownline has these battery posts beside the battery switch. Probably wouldn't be too hard to hook something up like this but you would have to protect them somehow. Mine has a door that closes over it.

I remove my batteries then hook jumper cables to these posts to operate my engine hatch. Works great! Can also be used with a jumper box or external charger.

 
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I always shrink wrap. Main reason is the trees by me. In the cabin I put one of those pancake heaters along with a golden rod. It's always dry and still smells like a new boat in the spring. I go one step further... my man cave let's me do upgrades during the winter and whatever repairs need to be done.
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midexp said:
Hmm. So you're saying without batteries you're able to raise the cockpit floor by hooking up AC power to your boat and powering it that way?
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Yes, I plug an adapter into the 30 amp outlet in the trunk and then run an extension cord to power at the marina. I can't remember what switches I turn on to power it without being at the boat but I'll be there a little later today and try to figure it out for ya. This is my last weekend in the water. It gets pulled Monday. Oh well I made my goal yesterday, in the water more than on land. Yesterday made 6 months in. So 2018= 6 months and 3 days in the water.
 
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Headed to storage a few weeks ago, but this year decided to put a painter's drop sheet over the boat. This is an old glass factory and sometimes the roof either leaks or condensation forms and drips onto the boat. The resulting rust stains are a PITA to remove. All the same, this place is about $1000 less than the new building built and designed for boat storage so I'll take it!

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The building we are in is starting to fill. The Baja on the trailer was moved inside to keep it clean. The staff will find a more efficient use of this space as they work on the jigsaw puzzle of maximizing revenue. Note the addition of rack storage in the middle of the pic. That floor space used to be consumed by one or two large boats. Stacks of small boats equal more revenue.
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Stee6043 said:
Yowsers....is that beauty properly supported??? Seems like an awfulllll lot of weight on that forward set of blocks. I've never seen a boat of this size not have jack stands up and down both sides.

EDIT - I checked a photo from my 340 and she had six jack stands, three each side, and three sets of blocks under the keel.
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Jack stands are used to prevent tipping not for bearing weight it's hard to see but there is 3 support blocks under the bulk heads. Forward stands are in the picture just not installed yet.
 
Ezsteps said:
Yes, I plug an adapter into the 30 amp outlet in the trunk and then run an extension cord to power at the marina. I can't remember what switches I turn on to power it without being at the boat but I'll be there a little later today and try to figure it out for ya. This is my last weekend in the water. It gets pulled Monday. Oh well I made my goal yesterday, in the water more than on land. Yesterday made 6 months in. So 2018= 6 months and 3 days in the water.
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EZ. The cylinder that raises the cockpit floor is powered by the boat's batteries? I'm still not understanding why you keep talking about the power at the marina. Seems to me once you take out the batteries, the only way to open the cockpit floor is to reach through the small access hole, pull the pin on the top of the ram/cylinder, then somehow pry up the floor. Not sure how you get a/c power to activate the cylinder?
 
midexp said:
EZ. The cylinder that raises the cockpit floor is powered by the boat's batteries? I'm still not understanding why you keep talking about the power at the marina. Seems to me once you take out the batteries, the only way to open the cockpit floor is to reach through the small access hole, pull the pin on the top of the ram/cylinder, then somehow pry up the floor. Not sure how you get a/c power to activate the cylinder?
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I'm not sure how all the wiring for the cylinder works but I think it's hooked through the A/C converter (charger). When you plug into the 110 outlet at the marina and run the extension cord to the 110/ 30 amp adapter in the trunk (on mine it needs to be on the Line 1 side), then go into the panel in the cabin, turn on the A/C converter switch, go up to the helm and hit the hatch switch and it works.
 
The Chicago Harbor system closes tomorrow, October 31. We put her to sleep today down the Chicago river. I'll try to attach a video of the Amtrak bridge on the Chicago river opening - a vertical lift bridge. Pretty cool to see!

Entering the lock from Lake Michigan into the Chicago River.
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Exiting the lock.
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Trump Tower.
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Notice the EL train on the bridge in front.
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Amtrak Bridge.
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sbw1 said:
It is convenient and saves wear and tear because we are not getting a lot bilge work performed by people with varying degrees of interest in being careful and clean.
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That is why we went to indoor heated. No "mechanics" (otherwise know as this summers yard jockeys) to screw up any of the 13 things that need winterized.

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