Winterize List

To buy for winterizing:

2 1.75 liters cheap vodka
4 gallons propylene glycol antifreeze
1 gallon propylene glycol engine antifreeze or 2 gallons pre-mixed
1 pint muriatic acid
1 lb. salt (for Lectra/San)
1 gallon distilled water
System Done

Item

Engine

   Change oil
    Check antifreeze level in coolant
    Mix 1 gallon propylene glycol antifreeze with 2 gallons water. Pump this through the engine raw water side
    Drain seawater intake strainer and clean strainer
    Remove raw water pump impeller and attach to engine key
    Cover intake and exhaust openings
    Fill diesel tank
    Springtime -- crank engine 15 sec x 4 to circulate oil without starting engine
     
     

Head

   Clean head with muriatic acid per instructions:
  1. Flush out system with three complete cycles and flushes of plain seawater.
  2. Flush toilet dry.
  3. Add one pint of Muriatic acid to two gallons of fresh water.
  4. Pour solution in head and flush dry without using Lectra/San
  5. Pout one gallon fresh water into bowl, but don't flush.
  6. Let it all sit for 45 minutes.
  7. Pump head 120 times with seawater (minimum of 10 gallons of water).
  8. Run a Lectra/San cycle.
    Pump air down sink and close seacock
     

Seawater

   Close the seawater seacock
    Drain the seawater strainer
    Clean the seawater strainer with fresh water and a toothbrush
    Replace the strainer
    Use 1.5 gallons of pink antifreeze and pour it into the intake strainer for all seawater applications
    Pump 1/2 gallon antifreeze through head into Lectra/San
    Pump 1/4 gallon antifreeze through Y valve path
    Close exhaust seacock
    Switch the pathway back to the Lectra/San pathway
    Drain Lectra/San by taking off rubber cap and siphoning it out
     

Washdown

   Open cap on deck
    Pump antifreeze until it comes out on deck
    Replace cap
     

Galley

   Pump pink antifreeze through refrigeration system
    Pump pink antifreeze through seawater spigot
     

Cabin

   Take home food and drinks
    Prop up cushions
    Pump bilge out until dry with hand pump or vacuum cleaner
    Pump air through shower drain and icebox drain until no water comes out
    Pump out shower sump until dry
    Pour ½ gallon antifreeze in shower sump and run till dry
    Pour ½ gallon of antifreeze in bilge
     

Freshwater

   Drain water tanks
    Open hot water spigot at head sink until empty
    Open hot water spigot at galley sink until empty
    Open cold water spigot at head sink until empty
    Open cold water spigot at galley sink until empty
    Drain water from shower head
    Pump air through system to purge water
    Drain hot water heater
    Remove drinking water filter and put back together
    Optional to pumping air through system:
Put two bottles of vodka in forward water tank and one in the aft tank
    Open furthest spigot until vodka flows
    Working backward, open other spigots
    Pump vodka through hand pump at galley sink
     

Rigging

   Remove mainsail from boom
    Remove mizzen sail from mizzen boom
    Remove jib from roller furling
    Tie off halyards from slapping
     

Misc.

   Lock wheel
   

Cover exterior instruments

March 29, 2010