On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:21:48 -0500, "Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach sez
use my name at earthlink dot fishcatcher (net) - with apologies for
the spamtrap wrote:


You'll not likely find a freshwater cooled ski boat, and in any case, it was
the exhaust manifolds, but it sure illustrated the point!

We winterize for real in Toronto, and part of that is putting a
T-connection after the pump but before the block. This T has a hose
fitting for a garden hose and you can flush the block with city
pressure straight out the back end. The first 15-20 seconds ain't
pretty, even in a clean lake. After that, you seal that T off and run
pink antifreeze via the raw water pump until it too flies out the
back. Then fog the carb, drain the fuel pump, spoon oil down the
cylinders...and as the guy who taught me this stuff says, you can
"sleep soundly as the February blizzards howl around your frozen
boat".

FWIW, for the very few watching, Flying Pig is coming along agonizingly and
excruciatingly slowly and expensively. Everything expands once you get into
it, and only one project is anywhere near completion, and another, which
should have been finished over a month ago, is just now ready to proceed
smoothly, all the other hiccups (presumably) having been dealt with.

This can't be news: the recreational boater's "rule of three" is in
full effect. Multiply all costs by three to achieve a predictable
tally, just as the word "marine" in front of a boat gear noun implies
the same multiple.

R.