I also pull the water pump impeller and the zip lock it with the key.
I pull the speedo (it's hard wired so can't be pulled too far out of the bilge) and insert the plug before haulout. I found a small tupperware container to fit in the bilge to hold the speedo, the depth sounder plug and a tube of vaseline used to lube the O-rings. The plug is used actually 90% of the time. I only use the speedo when actually sailing. It's so easy to change, I prefer to avoid any algae or growth, or damage to the impellor when the sling catches the hull.
Further anal winterizing
After the boat is blocked up level and plumb, I remove the speedo plug and use that hole to run an entension cord and a squeeze bulb and hose assembly I use to pump the bilge whenever I check the boat during the winter. Don't have a garboard drain. The squeeze bulb usually establishes a siphon after three squeezes and it runs for minutes if there has been a good rain before. If I visit the boat during snow or ice conditions, I don't climb aboard, but simply connect my plug hanging out of the hull to 120v power, listen for the radio inside to confirm power to my charger, and squeeze the bulb a few times to pump it as dry as possible. Then I go somewhere for lunch or take a drive for a few hours and return to collect up my power cord, and go home. I don't believe in keeping power connected while I'm away. I can provide a picture if this sounds too confusing?
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I pull the speedo (it's hard wired so can't be pulled too far out of the bilge) and insert the plug before haulout. I found a small tupperware container to fit in the bilge to hold the speedo, the depth sounder plug and a tube of vaseline used to lube the O-rings. The plug is used actually 90% of the time. I only use the speedo when actually sailing. It's so easy to change, I prefer to avoid any algae or growth, or damage to the impellor when the sling catches the hull.
Further anal winterizing
After the boat is blocked up level and plumb, I remove the speedo plug and use that hole to run an entension cord and a squeeze bulb and hose assembly I use to pump the bilge whenever I check the boat during the winter. Don't have a garboard drain. The squeeze bulb usually establishes a siphon after three squeezes and it runs for minutes if there has been a good rain before. If I visit the boat during snow or ice conditions, I don't climb aboard, but simply connect my plug hanging out of the hull to 120v power, listen for the radio inside to confirm power to my charger, and squeeze the bulb a few times to pump it as dry as possible. Then I go somewhere for lunch or take a drive for a few hours and return to collect up my power cord, and go home. I don't believe in keeping power connected while I'm away. I can provide a picture if this sounds too confusing?
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
From: "Nate Flesness" <nateflesn...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:19:31 AM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Winterizing
Always pull and put my old impeller in a ziploc, attached to the engine key (along with the knotmeter paddlewheel I pull as a worst case drain), so I remember to install each before launch. That was a good idea from a lister some years ago. That said, I almost always use a new impeller.
Nate
"Sarah Jean"
1980 30-1
on the hard at Siskiwit Bay Marina
Lake Superior
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:28 PM, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> wrote:
On the topic of impellers and winterizing, I came across a statement in my boat manual that the impeller (they actually recommended removing the entire water pump as well) should be removed every winter and stored in a bag rather than soaked in antifreeze and fixed in one position with bent blades for months. I then asked this question of Globe regarding the silicone impellers they sell and they recommended the same. I guess I will do this in the future. DaveDavid KnechtAries1990 C&C 34+New London, CT
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