Stuffing a hose into the inlet works on the hard, but not when the boat's afloat. I also don't like to tie up another person for such a mundane task. The seacock tee idea came from Don Casey and makes it a quick and easy one man operation. I usually have four gallons of pink stuff in a five gallon bucket and run a few gallons through before shutting down. I don't like to waste it or pollute, so I hang another bucket near the exhaust outlet and watch the exhaust water color change from clear, to light pink when I swing the bucket to catch the strong bright pink, before shutting down. That uses a few gallons, but I'm certain it gets everywhere and I capture the last gallon and use it inside for the sink traps & drains and ice box drain, etc. I added a tee to the thruhull for the air conditioner intake and use the same bucket and hose and similar method. I can run the air conditioner pump without running the compressor. Chuck S
> On 03/04/2025 2:52 PM EST Firewater via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > 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. > > > 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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