Hi all;
Last weekend, I was at the fuel/haulout dock and saw someone winterize their engine , in the water, while waiting their turn for the travelift. I guess they just shut off the thruhull, opened the strainer and poured in the anitfreeze. I usually do this operation after being set on my cradle, (tends to get the ground under the boat slimy with antifreeze).
Does anybody see any reason that this "in-the-water" method is not an OK idea? My boat is a MKII with the M35B.
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Wally
"Onanne"
2000 MKII, deep keel, tall rig
Lake Champlain
I can't see anything wrong with it, unless someone forgets and open the seacock. Then you're back to square one. Never heard of it being done before either though.
[QUOTE=bstreet;10167]I can't see anything wrong with it, unless someone forgets and open the seacock. Then you're back to square one. Never heard of it being done before either though.[/QUOTE]
I've done it in the water and after being hauled. In the water is the only way if you are not hauling out.
I remove the raw water hose from the through hull and and connect to a section of scrap hose to a bucket filled with antifreeze then run the engine until I see blue (I don't use the pink stuff)*. Two gallons in a bucket is usually enough but be standing by with a another jug or two to top off the bucket as needed.
*The reason I don't use the pink stuff is the -50 degree rating is supposedly the point where the pink stuff freezes hard enough to burst pipes. It freezes in much, much sooner than that. I learned this after I once found my bilge a solid pink ice cube. Now I spend the extra dough and get the -100 blue stuff.
Bill Boggs
s/v Palmetto Moon
1991 C36, Hull 1128
Herrington Harbor South
Chesapeake Bay
Ditto on proceedure Mr. Boggs does.
Allan Rex
# 2216
I also do it while in the water. I just pour the blue stuff into the open strainer. This way it can be done with the engine warm at the same time as changing the oil.
Just did mine in the water last weekend. I closed the seacock and detached the intake hose from the engine, used a spare section of hose and placed it into a bucket full of antifreeze. Waited until I saw it come out the back and shut down the engine. The whole process took about 15 min (and saved me $260 which is what the marina wanted to charge me)!
Tim Farrell
S.V. Kailua
C36 - 1986
Hull# CTY0678A886
Always use a bucket. Here's a good post from Maine Sail: [url]http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=102188[/url]
Stu Jackson, C34IA Secretary, C34 #224, 1986, SR/FK, M25 engine, Rocna 10 (22#)
Always be sure you're sucking enough AF into the engine to protect it to your lowest potential freeze points:
[URL="http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/engine_freeze_protection"]Engine Winter Freeze Protection (LINK)[/URL]
Here's a how to video..
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKky09u1fGU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKky09u1fGU[/URL]
-Maine Sail
https://www.marinehowto.com/
Or move to Australia. Our idea of winterising the engine is, nothing.
No snow to worry about, no 12 month election campaigns and plenty of stirrers to make you laugh.
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Cat375 - Rock The Boat - Hull 54
Lake Macquarie - NSW - Australia