Winterizing a boat

[Walleyed]

Quick tip on the damp rid. Save some money, buy a bag of calcium chloride ice-melt and fill up a couple smallish buckets...same stuff as damprid at 20% of the price.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Walleyed

Quick tip on the damp rid. Save some money, buy a bag of calcium chloride ice-melt and fill up a couple smallish buckets...same stuff as damprid at 20% of the price.

Great tip Walleyed thanks.. You learn something new every day So you just get some shallow buckets and pour some in and leave a few out here and there?

[Walleyed]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Great tip Walleyed thanks.. You learn something new every day So you just get some shallow buckets and pour some in and leave a few out here and there?

Yep...I usually use the cheapest small buckets I can find at the local dollar store and put 2-3 inches in them.

1 in the cabin. 1 in the cockpit and 1 in the bilge. Feel free to use more, based on the size of your boat and personal preferences.

[shrimpman steve]

Move to Florida and you don't have to winterize

[Walleyed]

Originally Posted by shrimpman steve

Move to Florida and you don't have to winterize

Do they got striper and blackfish in Florida?

[Capt. Debbie]

No, just hurricanes. LOL

Originally Posted by Walleyed

Do they got striper and blackfish in Florida?

[shrimpman steve]

Originally Posted by Walleyed

Do they got striper and blackfish in Florida?

Redfish and sheepshead or
Sails, triple tail, cudda, snapper, grouper, bluefish, flounder. Enough to keep you busy

[Treebeard63]

Lots of great info here.. I would add a word of caution concerning something I have not seen mentioned yet.. critters... About the only costly damage I have incurred during layover was caused by mice.. found their way into the outboard.. clogged and chewed stuff.. general mess.. Not to mention the mess they leave in any little nook elsewhere in the boat they happen to invade.. Between the mice and chipmunks where I live, its a constant battle.. I've heard mothballs may deter them.. going to try that this year...plus, I've enlisted the services of a cat.. Nothing worse in the spring than being greeted with a mouse-turd bunt cake...

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Treebeard63

Lots of great info here.. I would add a word of caution concerning something I have not seen mentioned yet.. critters... About the only costly damage I have incurred during layover was caused by mice.. found their way into the outboard.. clogged and chewed stuff.. general mess.. Not to mention the mess they leave in any little nook elsewhere in the boat they happen to invade.. Between the mice and chipmunks where I live, its a constant battle.. I've heard mothballs may deter them.. going to try that this year...plus, I've enlisted the services of a cat.. Nothing worse in the spring than being greeted with a mouse-turd bunt cake...

Good call.... We had the same issue with our inboards. Something got into the engine compartment and chewed up a whole section of the insulation/sound proofing.

[NJSquatch]

For u guys with carbs. Do u store them wet or run them dry?