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My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed
the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was
worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than
checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine
running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The
result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any,
found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the
engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see
if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what
'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

my marina has mandated this service to be mandatory.. its $90 - kinda
sucks, but you cant do anything since there are wating lists to get in
anywhere else..



That sure does suck. Even a blindfolded monkey can do those simple
things.


Pay the 90 bucks and support your marina.

Running a full service marina has to be tough. In order to respond to
patrons' boat problems during the season in a timely manner the marina
owner has to adequately staff with qualified service people. When things
are slow, that overhead continues. Personally, I think it's a good idea
to utilize their services from time to time even if you could do it
yourself, because someday you may need their services for something that
you can't.

RCE


I dont mind supporting them, but something doesn't add up. I called today
asking about why this is mandated. They said its some regulation. What
about the boats that launch in ramps daily? Makes no sense. Gonna check it
out. I am not complaining about the $90 as much as the fact that it will
now take an extra 2 weeks to get the in water - my last name starts with S
and they are doing these checkups by alphabetical order with 5
mechanics... They have like 300 boats.


See? If they could afford to hire 10 mechanics, you would only have to wait
a week! :-)

RCE

JohnH wrote:
My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any, found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what 'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I use to just put the muffs on and go. The only thing I have had to deal
with in the past was finding a drain cock on the block had not been
reinstalled after winterization. So I would run it on the muffs and look
for leaks on the engine and plumbing.

Of course check oil etc.

So of the winterizations I have seen they will intentinally leave some
plumbing disconnected, hoses etc. Thus creating a "need" to return for
dewinterization. I guess some need to check for that ?

Capt Jack R..

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:44:50 GMT, Jack Redington
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any, found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what 'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I use to just put the muffs on and go. The only thing I have had to deal
with in the past was finding a drain cock on the block had not been
reinstalled after winterization. So I would run it on the muffs and look
for leaks on the engine and plumbing.

Of course check oil etc.

So of the winterizations I have seen they will intentinally leave some
plumbing disconnected, hoses etc. Thus creating a "need" to return for
dewinterization. I guess some need to check for that ?

Capt Jack R..

Thanks. I'll check it out as you suggested.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

JohnH wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:44:50 GMT, Jack Redington
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any, found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what 'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I use to just put the muffs on and go. The only thing I have had to deal
with in the past was finding a drain cock on the block had not been
reinstalled after winterization. So I would run it on the muffs and look
for leaks on the engine and plumbing.

Of course check oil etc.

So of the winterizations I have seen they will intentinally leave some
plumbing disconnected, hoses etc. Thus creating a "need" to return for
dewinterization. I guess some need to check for that ?

Capt Jack R..

Thanks. I'll check it out as you suggested.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************
JohnH,
Even if everything is connected, I always run the engine for 5 min. then
check the engine compartment for leaks before I leave the dock. I then
check the engine compartment in 15 min of running at cruise.

Once I caught a problem with a hose because I saw the bilge pump light
come on, which very rarely happened on my boat.

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:59:06 -0400, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:44:50 GMT, Jack Redington
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any, found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what 'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I use to just put the muffs on and go. The only thing I have had to deal
with in the past was finding a drain cock on the block had not been
reinstalled after winterization. So I would run it on the muffs and look
for leaks on the engine and plumbing.

Of course check oil etc.

So of the winterizations I have seen they will intentinally leave some
plumbing disconnected, hoses etc. Thus creating a "need" to return for
dewinterization. I guess some need to check for that ?

Capt Jack R..

Thanks. I'll check it out as you suggested.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************
JohnH,
Even if everything is connected, I always run the engine for 5 min. then
check the engine compartment for leaks before I leave the dock. I then
check the engine compartment in 15 min of running at cruise.

Once I caught a problem with a hose because I saw the bilge pump light
come on, which very rarely happened on my boat.

Thanks. Will do. I was going to do this yesterday, but I forgot it was
Easter and the kids were coming for dinner and I had a turkey to fix. Maybe
later this week.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

JohnH wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:59:06 -0400, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:44:50 GMT, Jack Redington
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any, found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what 'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

I use to just put the muffs on and go. The only thing I have had to deal
with in the past was finding a drain cock on the block had not been
reinstalled after winterization. So I would run it on the muffs and look
for leaks on the engine and plumbing.

Of course check oil etc.

So of the winterizations I have seen they will intentinally leave some
plumbing disconnected, hoses etc. Thus creating a "need" to return for
dewinterization. I guess some need to check for that ?

Capt Jack R..

Thanks. I'll check it out as you suggested.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************
JohnH,
Even if everything is connected, I always run the engine for 5 min. then
check the engine compartment for leaks before I leave the dock. I then
check the engine compartment in 15 min of running at cruise.

Once I caught a problem with a hose because I saw the bilge pump light
come on, which very rarely happened on my boat.

Thanks. Will do. I was going to do this yesterday, but I forgot it was
Easter and the kids were coming for dinner and I had a turkey to fix. Maybe
later this week.
--
'Til next time,

John H

I smoked a ham for Easter, made a basting sauce out of pineapple juice,
garlic, cloves and cinnamon. Smoked it for six hours at around 210-220,
then made a glaze out of crushed pineapple, cloves, brown sugar and
ground coriander, putting it on for the last two hours. Everyone said
it was the best they'd had.