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January 2010 Entries

Winterization

Hey There! Captain Chris Here! With the great weather that we have been having in the Great lakes, my neighbor across the street came over and asked me a great question that I wanted to share with you. His questions dealt with winterization. He wanted to know if he used his boat over the weekend would he have to re-winterize the engine and all of the boat’s systems.  My answer…ABSOLUTELY!  If the boat is placed in the water and the engine is started and water enters the boat or the engines, then it needs to be re-winterized, not matter how long it was...