We are expecting a big cold snap next week (10's and 20's). We are also expecting a much colder winter than last year. Thus, I need to at least partially winterize my boat.
Last year, toofast was kind enough to show me a thing or two about winterizing. I was able to flush the house system this year using his air-hose-to-water-hose contraption. Got the anchor washdown, transom washdown/shower, cockpit sink, galley sink, head sink, head, and shower cleared with a little air compression. I haven't done anything with the hot water heater yet, but would appreciate any guidance on how to handle that.
I still need to put anti-freeze in the drains, toilet, syncs and water holding tank. Any recommendations on the best method to do that? Is it just simply pouring a couple gallons into the holding tank and turning things on?
I started draining the engines using the pumps, but the water just keeps coming and coming and coming. I'm sure there is something I'm supposed to close off to make sure more water isn't coming into the engine, but I'm not sure what. Can anyone help? I tried looking through the manuals but found nothing that indicated where that was at.
Further, after all of this, I'd love to know how to get the boat ready again once the cold is over.
I tried looking for previous threads on this topic that were most helpful, but I'm coming up empty. Any help on what I should do here would be appreciated ... again.
Last year, toofast was kind enough to show me a thing or two about winterizing. I was able to flush the house system this year using his air-hose-to-water-hose contraption. Got the anchor washdown, transom washdown/shower, cockpit sink, galley sink, head sink, head, and shower cleared with a little air compression. I haven't done anything with the hot water heater yet, but would appreciate any guidance on how to handle that.
I still need to put anti-freeze in the drains, toilet, syncs and water holding tank. Any recommendations on the best method to do that? Is it just simply pouring a couple gallons into the holding tank and turning things on?
I started draining the engines using the pumps, but the water just keeps coming and coming and coming. I'm sure there is something I'm supposed to close off to make sure more water isn't coming into the engine, but I'm not sure what. Can anyone help? I tried looking through the manuals but found nothing that indicated where that was at.
Further, after all of this, I'd love to know how to get the boat ready again once the cold is over.
I tried looking for previous threads on this topic that were most helpful, but I'm coming up empty. Any help on what I should do here would be appreciated ... again.