It takes a 2nd person, but our method is extremely simple. Our boat came with a length of hose where one end has several wraps of rigging tape. This fits snugly in the thru-hull and we just put the hose into the jug and suck the antifreeze directly into the engine. No tools required.
Jim Reinardy C&C 30-2 “Firewater” Milwaukee, WI Sent from my iPad > On Mar 4, 2025, at 10:48 AM, David Knecht via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > There was a prior discussion regarding winterizing the engine where someone > described converting the engine raw water seacock into a Tee-fitting so that > antifreeze could be run into the engine to winterize the boat. This would > allow the process without having to remove the hose from the raw water > strainer or the seacock. I can't find that email anywhere so I am wondering > if anyone has notes on how this was done. I presume you would use a > standard brass Tee fitting, adapters (all the ones I have found have female > threads so require an adapter to add to the seacock) and two shutoff levers, > one for each water path. Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > Your contributions help pay the fees associated with this list and help to > keep it active. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal at: > https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are greatly > appreciated.
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