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LookSquirrel
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Winterizing Your Boat
Nov 26
th
, 2013 at 8:56am
It seems the freeze got here early this year. how many guys winterized there boats?
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97FASTech
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Re: Winterizing Your Boat
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Nov 26
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, 2013 at 9:46am
Oct 23 for me.
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nathan
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Nov 26
th
, 2013 at 9:47am
Mine doesn't count as it ia an outboard.
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Nov 26
th
, 2013 at 10:33am
outboard on bass boat requires none to speak of, and for the Nordic...just easily pumped the water out of the block of the 496.
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Nov 26
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, 2013 at 10:49am
I just plug mine in. Automatic engine compartment heater.
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JC
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Nov 26
th
, 2013 at 12:39pm
Got my fuel sys prep'ed, engs fogged and water drained as of last week. Plan on backing off the rockers to relieve the valve springs and seal off the cyls this week.
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Nov 26
th
, 2013 at 1:09pm
Mine is in pieces on a shop floor, so I guess I'm good
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Jay Gadsby
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Nov 26
th
, 2013 at 5:46pm
Did mine a couple weeks ago
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PDubs
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Nov 27
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, 2013 at 8:03am
Drained the block ahead of the freeze. Hope to get out next week when the nice weather returns.
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Nov 27
th
, 2013 at 8:24am
There you go! Good idea. I hope to be winter boating quite a bit myself too.
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, 2014 at 5:24pm
Waited as long as I could, ended up burning some gas and winterizing today. Saw a nice Donzi and Fountain running around too.
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, 2014 at 5:57pm
I am super jealous.
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