CliffA
Well-Known Member
- Dec 29, 2009
- 4,712
- Boat Info
- 2001 Sea Ray 340DA
Name: 'Happy Place'
4.5kW West. Generator
Purchased Nov. 2014
Fresh Water Use
- Engines
- Twin Merc. 6.2L (MPI)
640 hp (Total)
Raw Water Cooled
V-Drive Transmissions
i hope to soon take ownership of a 2001 SR Sundancer with twin 6.2 MPI engines (raw water cooled) and Westerbeke genny. This is my first larger cruiser so I have no clue what needs to be done to winterize a boat like this. It will be in the water (fresh water inland lake) near Charlotte, NC. The boat has an' Extreme' bilge heater installed. Will activating the bilge heater be enough to get me through this upcoming cold snap form the 'artic vortex'? The prediction is for 2 or 3 nights to get down into the 20's and highs will be in the 40's to 50's. i plan to read up on how to properly winterize the various systems and engines but i am afraid i do not have time before this cold snap hits. Technically we don't own the boat yet but the way the timing CAN work out we would be taking ownership about the same time the cold temps hit. I don't want to rely on the current owner to winterize the boat.
will the bilge heater be enough for now or do i need to do something else for the immediate future?
just a little paranoid. i don't want to ruin two engines or other systems on our soon to be 'new' boat.
thanks.
cliff
will the bilge heater be enough for now or do i need to do something else for the immediate future?
just a little paranoid. i don't want to ruin two engines or other systems on our soon to be 'new' boat.
thanks.
cliff