GL: Winterizing a boat

[Wade Ehlen]

I've heard from others that some people winterize
their fresh water tanks by draining most of the water
then adding a couple of bottles of cheap vodka to the
tanks, opening the faucets one at a time until the
vodka begins to come out (I guess you'd use the taste
test) then wait 'til spring to have a Bloody Mary.

Wade Ehlen
Albin 36 Miss Happ
New Bern NC


--- D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I believe what you need is what we simply call "pink
> stuff."
> 
> It is available CHEAPLY at Wal-Mart in the RV
> department
> 
> It is specifically safe for winterizing drinking
> water tanks
> 
> and lines, but you wouldn't want to drink it.  Takes
> a bunch
> 
> of flushing to get the bad taste out when Spring
> comes!
> 
> 
> 
> I don't winterize my boat, but use thermostically
> controlled
> 
> electric heaters.  No problem except in case of ice
> storms
> 
> which can knock out power for days or even weeks. 
> When
> 
> that happens, I just have to go to the boat and run
> the
> 
> genset as necessary.
> 
> 
> 
> For my RV (travel trailer) I simply open all the
> faucets, drain
> 
> the lines, and distribute a few gallons of pink
> stuff anti-freeze
> 
> into drains and holding tanks.
> 
> 
> 
> *  D C "Mac" Macdonald  *
> * m/v Another Adventure *
> *  '95 Carver 355 ACMY  *
> * Grand Lake - OKlahoma *
> *  USPS & AGLCA (#217)  *
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 21:14:48 -0400
> > From: dad6538 at aol.com
> > Subject: Re: GL: Winterizing a boat
> >
> > There are several brands of automotive antifreeze
> that are
> > propylene glycol. Propylene glycol antifreeze is
> readily
> > available at most auto stores ...
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