[C320-list] Winterizing - how long does it take you?

[pat reynolds]

if your boat is on the hard just take a plastic hose the same diameter as the head intake and stick one end in the intake thru hull and the other in a bottle of antifreeze on the ground and then go pump it thru the head.




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From: Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winterizing - how long does it take you?

Hi Bill,

Yes, those are two of the most painful.  The other one is the water intake for the head.  I have been thinking about putting a "T" fitting in, as you have done.  Sometime in the spring, I'll have to wander over to look how you have done it.  Either that, or while you are winterizing yours, I'll line mine up next to you and you can just keep on winterizing.  :)

On 11/5/2012 1:59 PM, wflowe3 at aim.com wrote:
>  If I don't count putting on the cover (the hardest part) I probably spent about 3 hrs. I'm not sure which supply lines you pulled, but if you are talking about the engine raw water intake and AC intake those are a real PITA. After last year, I spliced a "T" fitting into each of them so I don't need to pull those off. That may be why I spent an hour less than you did.
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> From: Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us>
> To: Catalina 320 List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 5, 2012 1:23 pm
> Subject: [C320-list] Winterizing - how long does it take you?
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> It took me longer this year, since I also installed a water heater
> bypass.  Other than the bypass surgery, I probably spent four hours just
> doing the water system, head, air conditioner, and engine.  The hardest
> part is pulling supply lines off of their fittings to drain or fill.  My
> four hours did not include changing the oil or impeller, taking off the
> bimini or dodger, taking off the sails, or putting on the winter cover.
> All told, I probably put the better part of three days in at the end of
> each season.
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> How long does it take you to winterize?
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> Just curious.
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> Dean Vermeire
> Moonstruck II (#847)
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