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What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
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- Scurvy Dog
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What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
New owner of a 1984 Carver 3607. Boat is currently docked in a marina in upstate NY.
I have had previous boats (all smaller and trailerable) and have gone through the drills of pulling them out and winterizing them for the winter season. Shrinkwrap included.
I have an opportunity to store the Carver in an indoor heated storage facility for the winter. This seems like a no-brainer - as my gut reaction tells me that I would be able to avoid all the traditional winterization activities - draining the blocks and filling with antifreeze, draining water systems, etc, etc
However, I did not want to make assumptions and I wanted to capitalize upon the huge wealth of collective knowledge in this forum
So, what say you? For those who have used indoor heated storage - what did you do to set the boat up? What do you recommend doing?
Filling the fuel tanks and adding fuel stabilizer is a given. As is oil and filter changes.
All comments appreciated
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Re: What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
First I guess, a question to ask your storage people might be, does your building have generator backup and what is the plan if there is a prolonged outage.......this is the kind of emergency situation that can change how things are done as far as winterizing is concerned.
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Re: What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
Viper wrote:Source of the post You can't rely 100% on heating systems IMO. It only takes one night of a deep freeze to destroy your expensive machinery. I always recommend winterizing all systems even in heated storage.
Our marina next to us, well, there are 2, that do heated storage. The owners of these boats don't stop bragging about not having to winterize. I agree with you, 1 night of freeze due to system failure, you're done. Who wants to go through the hassle of insurance?
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Re: What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
Dealing with insurance or marina coverage isn't the biggest concern if you enjoy boating, the biggest concern is missing part or all of your following boating season IMO.
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Re: What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
Doesn't happen very often at all, but what's the MINIMUM you could do to prevent the worst from happening?
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Re: What maint do you do / recommend when yacht is put into heated indoor storage for winter?
( All weather people have to say this on air, near lakes )
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