Thanks Ken. Yes, my boat is out of the water for winter storage. In past winters I’ve still gotten a bit of water ingress, but maybe anti-freeze in the bilge is overkill. I wanted to pump it through the bilge pumps and discharge hoses, but sucking water out with a shop vac could work too. This year she’s shrink-wrapped for the first time since I’ve owned her, so that should help prevent ingress (from snowmelt). In past years I’d remove snow from her but it wasn’t foolproof.
Cheers, Randy > On Jan 9, 2020, at 7:11 PM, Ken Heaton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Randy, is your boat out of the water for winter storage? If so, instead of > putting antifreeze in the bilge next year, try a good, powerful wet dry vac > on the bilge pump outlet(s). Leave the vacuum on the outlet(s) for several > minutes, until no more water comes out. That way you don't spoil your check > valves with anti freeze. > > Ken H. > > On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 17:36, Randy Stafford via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > Replaced all bilge plumbing. Did not install check valves downstream of > bilge pumps. Ran batteries dead twice from cycling bilge pumps (each time > had to pull them out, take them home, charge them, take them back, put them > in - ugh). Then installed check valves from Defender which contain small > rubber joker valves. I’m expecting those to start leaking from the > antifreeze I pour into the bilge for winterization, same reason the one in my > head starts back-flowing every spring. I may have to replace those check > valve jokers annually to avoid cycling bilge pumps again. > > Cheers, > Randy > Grenadine 30-1 #79 > Ken Caryl, CO > > > On Jan 8, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > > > > I'm sure most of us have a story (or two) about a boat related decision we > > made that we wish we'd done differently. Many of them probably involve > > "cheaping it" or doing something in haste. Some are painful; some are just > > lingering "shoulda woulda's". > > > > One of my "lingering" ones is having my Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster > > rebuilt by someone other than Lew Townsend out in Seattle (Lew was on > > extended vacation and I was impatient). Went to boat this week after a > > couple weeks absence and the backstay was slack.....again. The adjuster > > had eased an inch or so. It holds fine for day sailing or a race but eases > > ever so slowly over a couple weeks. > > > > One of my painful decisions was installing a Lewmar line adjustable genoa > > car system. While it works "okay", it doesn't adjust as easily as a Harken > > system or perhaps a Garhauer system. > > > > Perhaps sharing some of your stories will save others from similar > > regrettable decisions or, at worst, give us a chuckle. > > > > Dennis C. > > Touche' 35-1 #83 > > Mandeville, LA > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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