Pink Antifreeze $5.00 bucks a gallon

Being able to sleep at night "Priceless"

Don't take a chance of the power going out. What if you are out of town. If you want to use the boat, have a good system to easily winterize, it only takes a few minutes.

I'm not sure how far you're going but it must be from some place that freezes. If you're going to Florida more than once, why not leave the boat there? You have to store it somewhere. Towing- especially in the winter, isn't much fun. I can get round-trip tickets to most Florida airports for about $275 round-trip from Cleveland. With fuel the way it is, I can't drive there. Plus I'm there in 2 hours, not 2 days.

Bring it to me, you wont have to winterize it and I will make sure everything keeps working..:boat:

And have it down there before NEW YEARS! I'll take it from Nashville the rest of the way.

I like the light bulb trick. Most cruisers are set up that way with a heat lamp.

How do you get the antifreeze in the engine? Sorry for the ignorance.

Pour it into the inlet hose while the motor runs. It's easier if it has hull-mounted pickups. It's really easy if you have a freshwater flush system. I like to pull the plugs & drain the water first. You have to be real careful to make sure that trans and oil coolers get flushed. If you can easily get to those hoses, you can blow them out with air. Not too much pressure but high volume.

Light bulbs burn out. If you really had to, the only sensible solution would be an electric engine block heater. That's most likely the only one that would prevent you from becoming the focus of an arson investigation. It still doesn't solve the power outage issue. If you were home every day and had a generator you might make it. But why chance it?

i use to put a light bulb in my scarab panther....never had a problem...but it didn't get cold that often in Tupelo Ms....

I'm with most others here.....just run antifreeze thru the motors. Cheap insurance, and alot less of a hassle and expense than putting in new motors.:D

the easiest way to do it is if you have a strainer, pop the top off and run 5 gall through each motor and your done... while your on your last 2 gall, put some fogger through your carbs and you will be able to sleep fine..