When do you winterize?

[Alex D]

We just put heaters in the bilge and cabin. I run the bilge heater off the shore power post directly and only the cabin heater off the boats circuit. The marina is staffed all year round and if there would be a power failure it would be fixed fast. besides that ... it does not get that cold at the lake. have not seen ice on it ever since we have been on the lake. Lows usually in the twenties, hights in the 30s all winter.

 

[glocklt4]

Don't want to tempt fate or take unnecessary chances but theres a lot of thermal mass there in the engine, less so in the head or doestic water sytem. And I'm by no means an engineer but it takes temps below freezing and takes several hours of it to freeze something hard.

Having said that I still have to fight the urge to freak out after waiting to the last minute like this year. We did our 240WE Monday night after several nights in the low 30's. This morning is supposed to be in the high 20's.

120 miles south of here on the lake it a little warmer plus lakewater of 72 helps buffer any over night lows. The guys down there will wait another month even.

Bottom line is, if you're not trying to squeeze every last outing out of the season, go ahead and winterize when you quit. But you can push the envelope if you plan well enough... knock on wood...

Agree to this. After my post the other day about near freezing temps, it is going to be 81 here tomorrow..... :smt101:smt101:smt101:smt101:smt101:smt101 That's why I am putting it off a bit longer, haha.