On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:17:14 -0700 (PDT), lj
wrote:

On Oct 30, 8:51*am, "*e#c" wrote:
On Oct 29, 8:05*pm, Secular Humouresque wrote:





On 10/29/10 7:42 PM, I am Tosk wrote:

In ,
says...

I know the season is ending.

What do you do with your boat(s) over the winter if you are not in the
southern climes?

I store my old classic in a shed. My newer boat spends the winter on the
hard in a nearby boatyard, in a cradle the previous owner had built for
her. The cradle has an A-frame that can be erected to support a couple
of tarps.

The old boat has a simple inboard marine engine that's easy enough to
service. The newer boat has a pair of diesels that i have an outside
contractor service. I take the batteries home.

How do you store the batteries in the winter, do you manage them during
the time off?

I clean the batteries when I get them home, put a bit of grease on the
lugs, charge them up slowly, and then charge them up once a month to
keep them fully charged.

Hopefully NOT sitting on concrete. I put plywood under mine.- Hide quoted text -

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The batteries and concrete thing is an urban legend.

Agreed. But I do it anyway. Wood is warmer than concrete, and a warm battery is
a happy battery....or is that another legend?
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Hope you're having a great day!

John H