Boaters - where do you winterize?

[Anonymous]

We are now boat owners and enjoying watching our $$$ fly away every week.
Our original plan for winter storage fell through so now we need to winterize. Our boat is at a marina near Severna Park. We have received quotes from $400 to $1600. We will be wrapping.

[Anonymous]

H/t actual boaters winterize themselves - it’s not hard. If you can’t, you will definitely pay. Whatever you pay to winterize you’ll pay the same to dewinterize. At those quotes it’s probably worth the storage fees.

[Anonymous]

You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

Says the marina owner. OP this isn’t building a rocket, a guy with basic boat mechanic skills can do this in 30 mins. Also if you’re storing it in a garage you do not need to do any of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

Says the marina owner. OP this isn’t building a rocket, a guy with basic boat mechanic skills can do this in 30 mins. Also if you’re storing it in a garage you do not need to do any of this.

If the boat is under warranty check to see what’s required. Personally I pay to have my boat pulled, winterized, wrapped and stored for the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

Says the marina owner. OP this isn’t building a rocket, a guy with basic boat mechanic skills can do this in 30 mins. Also if you’re storing it in a garage you do not need to do any of this.

I guess that's the difference between "poor" boat owners vs "rich" boat owners.

- np

If the boat is under warranty check to see what’s required. Personally I pay to have my boat pulled, winterized, wrapped and stored for the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

Says the marina owner. OP this isn’t building a rocket, a guy with basic boat mechanic skills can do this in 30 mins. Also if you’re storing it in a garage you do not need to do any of this.

M’eh….OP asked about winterizing a boat - not a tender. If you can put your boat on a trailer or even fit it in a garage - you don’t have a boat. You have a toy. You have something that sits in a cradle on the aft deck of my boat, so I can crane it off and use it to get to the courtesy dock at my anchorage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

Says the marina owner. OP this isn’t building a rocket, a guy with basic boat mechanic skills can do this in 30 mins. Also if you’re storing it in a garage you do not need to do any of this.

M’eh….OP asked about winterizing a boat - not a tender. If you can put your boat on a trailer or even fit it in a garage - you don’t have a boat. You have a toy. You have something that sits in a cradle on the aft deck of my boat, so I can crane it off and use it to get to the courtesy dock at my anchorage.

my, what a long nose you have!!

[Anonymous]

My neighbors boat is in their driveway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do it yourself if you know what to do. If you don’t, and you probably don’t since you posted this thread, you should probably pay the marina whatever they want.

Wrapping itself isn’t the only thing. You need pink antifreeze in all sorts of places: engine exhaust jackets, bilge and bilge pump lines, any through hull with a seacock and line attached to it, scupper drains, galley plumbing, head plumbing, potable water tank, grey water holding tank, blackwater holding tank, air conditioner drain lines…. Fuel stabilizer in tank if you have a gas engine, diesel anti-algae stuff if you have a diesel. Same for generator systems. Fogging oil in air intake plenum. Pull all batteries and store inside for winter.



If you can do all that stuff, go for it.

Says the marina owner. OP this isn’t building a rocket, a guy with basic boat mechanic skills can do this in 30 mins. Also if you’re storing it in a garage you do not need to do any of this.

M’eh….OP asked about winterizing a boat - not a tender. If you can put your boat on a trailer or even fit it in a garage - you don’t have a boat. You have a toy. You have something that sits in a cradle on the aft deck of my boat, so I can crane it off and use it to get to the courtesy dock at my anchorage.

my, what a long nose you have!!

Nose? No. Waterline? Yes. 62 feet of it, to be exact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are now boat owners and enjoying watching our $$$ fly away every week.
Our original plan for winter storage fell through so now we need to winterize. Our boat is at a marina near Severna Park. We have received quotes from $400 to $1600. We will be wrapping.

Best bet is to make boating friends in your marina and encourage your husband to talk boating with these people. Boating friends are always willing to help newcomers to the sport with repairs, operation of boats and winterizing. Best way to learn to is do it yourself under the watchful of a boating friend.

We've been boat owners for many years and have made great friends with other boat owners, many who prefer to work on there boats and their friends vessels. We've saved thousands of dollars on repairs and maintenance doing the work ourselves.