What's the top five most important things to do to unwinterize your boat?
Assume a northern US climate.

Amen!

make sure you get all the pink crap out of your water system
make sure you put distilled water in your batteries and that they
are charging properly
check all your running and standing rigging for repair or replacement
bottom paint
untarp...it really looks stupid to sail yopur boat with the tarp
still on

1. tend to bottom paint
2. wax hull
3. reinstall all the stuff you took home for the winter,
including the rum.
4. put back in water
5. re tie dock lines

Scotty

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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What's the top five most important things to do to
unwinterize your boat?
Assume a northern US climate.

Amen!

Don't you keep your batts filled and charged up thru Winter?

Scotty

"katy" wrote in message
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make sure you get all the pink crap out of your water
system
make sure you put distilled water in your batteries and
that they
are charging properly
check all your running and standing rigging for repair or
replacement
bottom paint
untarp...it really looks stupid to sail yopur boat with
the tarp
still on

"katy" wrote in message
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untarp...it really looks stupid to sail yopur boat with the tarp still on

Not unless you use the tarp for a sail.

Amen!

Break out the tropical canvas
turn the ice maker on high
Check the freon charge in all the AC's.
Clean the strainers more often.
Flush and replace engine coolant.

Joe

Joe, he was asking about sail boats.

SV


"Joe" wrote in message
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Break out the tropical canvas
turn the ice maker on high
Check the freon charge in all the AC's.
Clean the strainers more often.
Flush and replace engine coolant.

Joe

Yeah I know.
What's yur point?
Joe

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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What's the top five most important things to do to unwinterize your boat?
Assume a northern US climate.

Resupply the following provisions:

1) Rum
2) Scotch (single malt only, please)
3) Irish whiskey (Bushmills or Jameisons are both okay)
4) Bourbon
5) Gin

After laying in a suitable supply of the aforementioned necessities, one can
then proceed with:

1) Removing the winter cover and supports.
2) Cleaning and painting the bottom with fresh antifouling
3) Polishing and waxing the hull
4) Replacing antifreeze in the water system with fresh water
5) Replacing engine oil/filter, replacing fuel line filters, checking the
cooling system antifreeze, and starting the engine (after splashing).

Following these mundane, annoying chores, one should assess the remaining
supply of the above mentioned provisions and resupply as required.

Somewhere along the line one may wish to reinstall (bend on, for you yachtie
types) the sails, but that's not really critical, especially if one has
taken the liberty of diminishing the supply of the aforementioned provisions
sufficiently, in which case a nap is probably more in order.

Max

Plow through some ice to clean the bottom.

"Bob Crantz" wrote
What's the top five most important things to do to unwinterize your boat?
Assume a northern US climate.