Tom Cunliffe Describes How to Lay Your Boat up for the Winter
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- If you're laying your boat up for the winter, then there are some vital steps to take to ensure that your pride and joy will be ready again next season. Tom Cunliffe talks through a variety of expert tips, including what to do with your engine, batteries, heaters, safety equipment and sails. A must watch for anyone new to boating, or a handy reminder for those who have been doing it for years!
Good stuff Tom! I gained enough confidence to buy a boat 12 years ago having read your day skipper book. You've been with me all the way. Thank you..
Brilliant to hear!
Tom Cunliffe, every utterance is informative good humoured gold from a lifetime's experience. Thanks for this series.
I always flush the engine heat exchanger with fresh water from a hose supply for at least 20 minutes - just drop it down the engine supply side in the filter housing and run it full bore, the intake will act as an overflow until the engine is started, then, just before switching off add some anti-free - organic as mentioned. A good dehumidifier is wort it's weight in gold from the point of view of mould, we manage without a heater as the dehumidifier warms the air slightly. Anti-bac sprays help with mould and also keep the green off other areas, inside and out - buy 5L refills from a commercial outlet, it's much cheaper. Everything else is as per, but particularly the diesel tanks - beware empty tanks! Don't forget the generator if you have one! Great reference video.
Great videos, so eady to follow.
Propylene glycol is great just a bit more expensive but fantastic for the environment and good for motorcycles also.
Excellent advice. For those of us in tropical environments, leaving an opened bottle of bleach in the head can prevent mold from developing on the interior walls if you are away from the boat for extended periods. One must consider ways to prevent the local critters from climbing aboard via the dock lines. I also hung a sacrificial zinc over the side in the water attached by a wire to the engine ground. My final step was to set off a few roach "bombs" inside before closing the hatch and locking her up.
Don't forget a drop of oil on the oil filter gasket before you spin it on Tom.
Great recommendations.
As a newbie this is excellent tips! Thank you Tom👍
Tom is brilliant, a lovely easy manner, humour and sound well described advice 👍
As ever, Tom gives us wise advice that always teaches us a thing or two and well worth listening to, too. Thanks!
Excellent practical tips for laying a boat up, thanks Mr Cunliffe! And thanks for stressing the importance of putting notes all over the place about reopening the sea cocks, esp for the engine, I was wondering if you were going to mention that, and of course you did. That's why pitot covers on our aircraft have small but bright red flags attached to them w the words "Remove before flight" on them - because taking off with no airspeed readout is generally frowned upon 😄
Might be a good idea for boaters to use another tool that we pilots are trained to always refer to - checklists! Make an "end of season" and a "start of season" checklist for your particular boat, refer to them as appropriate, and you'll reduce the chance of missing anything by a huge factor. Cheers! 👍🏼☺️
Great tips! I have used distilled water with the antifreeze to keep the mineral level low.
Nice boat
As a new owner of a 33'er being hauled out in a couple of weeks this is well timed Tom!. Thanks :)
i really do love your vids by far the best
Tom,your a legend through and through: great video easily described for both novice and experienced sailor alike.
Keep them going .
As ever first hand advice from a most experienced seaman. Keep them coming and when is the boatyard coming back.?
Outstanding! your tips are are always invaluable 👍👍👍
Great tips, and well presented. Thanks.
Good comments and advice Mr Tom! Thx, Andrew
Initially it was Top instead of Tom but I agree on that previous version.
Well, Tom is a Top person!
When you are doing that trick with the raw water filter and the antifreeze do you have to run the engine for a long time beforehand to make sure the thermostat is open?
Did you miss the air intake on the engine routines?
awesome