[Public-list] Re: winter

[Jonathan Whittingham]

I have read that it might be preferable to change the oil at the end of 
the season rather than in the spring as it is suggested that the old oil 
contaminants will eat into the bearings. Any truth to this 
consideration? Regards Jonathan Whittingham, EMMY.

Gordon White wrote:

>   I commonly leave Brigadoon II in the water at my pier where I can 
> look at her. I put a blue tarp over the boom to keep snow and ice from 
> accumulating in the cockpit. I put pieces of screen over the cockpit 
> scuppers to keep leaves  from clogging them. (pretty big problem). I 
> find that if I leave the covered main on the boom I need to put 
> something  over the cover, as one winter the tarp flapped enough in 
> the wind to  wear several holes in the sail cover. I do take off the 
> roller furled  genny.
>
>    I stick a hose from the engine raw water intake into a bucket of 
> antifreeze and run the engine until antifreeze comes out the exhaust. 
> I  pump out the head as much as I can and add antifreeze, then  pump 
> some more and add some more.
>
>    I find that even if the creek freezes over the ice does not hurt 
> the boat, even if it's thick enough ice to walk on. Down here in 
> southern Virginia the water itself is warm enough not to freeze below 
> the surface and the underwater part of the boat never gets below 32 
> degrees or so. I do leave a light bulb on to keep a little warmth in 
> the boat, and the computerized trickle  charger on the batteries.
>
>    I pump the water tank dry and put in a little pink (potable) 
> antifreeze.
>
>    I cinch everything down so the wind does as little chafe damage as 
> possible. I top up the two fuel tanks and add  preservative, then turn 
> off the valves at the tanks. One year when I didn't I got a siphoning  
> thing going that siphoned as lot of fuel out through the vents.
>
> In the spring I change the oil and the antifreeze in the fresh water 
> side of the engine cooling system. (Diesel)
>
> Anyone have better ideas?
>
> - Gordon White
>
>
>
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