Unattended boat on lift for a few weeks
10-02-2019, 05:19 PM
#11
This man makes high end boat houses/covers for a living in Florida, I would do what he says.
10-02-2019, 08:47 PM
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I’m inland on Lake Santa Fe and have put lifts on the St Johns river and surrounding tributaries. Most escapees have been ski boats with snap on covers. It can rain several inches in an hour down here, as you know I’m sure, and when the corner of the cover comes undone it turns into a funnel and then you get the idea. The last one only got recovered because it drifted into water shallow enough that it couldn’t sink. Dead batteries and bilge pump switches that don’t work don’t help either. Best practice is to put the boat on a trailer if the storm has a name and is going to effect your area. Or that’s what I tell my clients.
10-03-2019, 07:52 AM
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I've never stored my boat on a lift for more than a week or two, but if it were me...
...I'd look into a self bailing drain plug for when I leave the boat unattended.
https://www.amazon.com/Digger-Anchor...008AJYJ32?th=1
...I'd look into a self bailing drain plug for when I leave the boat unattended.
https://www.amazon.com/Digger-Anchor...008AJYJ32?th=1
10-03-2019, 09:07 AM
#17
I don't, but we had a similar type of device for when I was racing PWC. When we would dive them into turns, they would take on water at times, and it would allow the water to be drawn out when we were at speed and the water was pushed backward.
I wouldn't use it while running the boat, but I’d have it in there when I left it. It's not expensive to buy and try, and would be easy to test.
Last edited by Sydwayz; 10-03-2019 at 08:26 PM.
10-03-2019, 07:45 PM
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We leave our boat on a lift all summer - drain plug is in - covered as well as the lift has a canopy. The drive is always down and I shut the battery off. Have had zero problems.
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10-03-2019, 09:29 PM
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3pointstar is right about the tilt.
Always leave drive down when stored. Tilted up is very hard on the bellows over time. Seen several sink from cracked bellows on the bottom and all were stored tilted up. Always good to heed advice, most people just dont know or haven't experienced these little things.
One more thing to the good info below. air movement from a small fan, or a little heat from a small electric heater, or both, does wonders for keeping mold away under a cover.
Always leave drive down when stored. Tilted up is very hard on the bellows over time. Seen several sink from cracked bellows on the bottom and all were stored tilted up. Always good to heed advice, most people just dont know or haven't experienced these little things.
One more thing to the good info below. air movement from a small fan, or a little heat from a small electric heater, or both, does wonders for keeping mold away under a cover.
