Hello from out of town...
 

...quick question for all of you. How many of you winterize your boats here in Atlanta? (I am working at Ft. McPherson for a few days, and am havin withdrawals since it was so nice yesterday.)

Do most people try to keep the boat at home with a heater in the bilge? Fully winterize? Or maybe just run -50AF through the cooling system?

If I was going to be here during the Boat Show (which I may be back at that time), I would be sure to meet up with you all at the show.

Oh well, back to work. Hurry up so you can wait.

Both!
 

I winterize the Warlock, but have a bilge heater in my Four Winns cruiser. So, I can go out all year, just can't play too hard! :cool:

Don't Winterize, but the boat sits inside my garage, and it's completley drained. Although doesn't make much difference right now since the motor is out on the stand !!!

I drain mine (if its too cold to flush the stuff into), and fill with 50/50 from the intake thermostat housing.....to the top. (I've been thinking the 50/50 keeps the stuff lubed inside and should help with any rust build-up).



Bob

Hope everyone in club is properly winterized..
Fuel conditioner in tank & run for 5-10 minutes.
Fog carbs or use 2 cycle oil in fuel filter for MPI.>
Pull all drain plugs, water pump hose, oil cooler hose
and big j hose up front..
Bilge heaters great for cruisers being used.. otherwise
winterize..
We replace far too many busted blocks each year.
SKY

Re: Hello from out of town...
 

I was at a poker run at the local lake this weekend and saw a new product that seems better than what I have seen available in the past, www.xtremeheaters.com . It was small enough to mount in a SKI boat and claimed to produce more heat than what was available in the past. Seems to be a relatively new company and didn't know if you guys had any opinions you could share on this product? Thanks for any input you have to offer,

I have known several people who did not winterize and ran some type of bilge heater at Lake Lanier without issue, I plan to use my boat in the winter.
Bill

Re: Hello from out of town...
 

Redwarlock - maybe you should try USING the boats some times :evilb:

Wrh3 - see our web page (www.atlantapowerboat.com) for trip schedules. Misc. events are usually noted on our forum page which is now back up and running! :D