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Ben
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Initially Posted - 09/26/2013 : 07:41:27

Okay, this may be a silly question, but are the "winter lay-up" procedures for a diesel engine done once the boat is on shore? This will be my first winter with the new boat and the lay-up procedures for my Westerbeke 30B3 seem pretty extensive as shown in the manual. I was going to have these done by a professional Westerbeke-certified diesel mechanic. This is my last weekend on the boat to get it ready for haul-out (Oct. 5), and just want to have my ducks in a row.

It seems to me that these procedures would somehow be done on shore, because you wouldn't want to start the engine after lay-up procedures have been completed until the spring launch. Say, for example, the lay-up procedures were done while still in the slip; wouldn't motoring over to the lift for haul-out subsequently negate at least some of the winterization procedures you just went through?

Thanks for any insight! :)

Ben
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/26/2013 : 08:03:14

Ben, I have my Yanmar engine winterized by my marina. They always do it while it is in the slings of the travelift.

If you have air conditioning, you should also have it winterized, as well as your head, and fresh water tank and water lines, water heater, shower sump pump, deck wash pump, and refrigeration (if it draws in water through a thru hull). If your boat has foot pumps, they should also be winterized. Mine has a foot pump to pump fresh water from the tanks into the galley sink without using the electric pump, and it also has a foot pump to pump water out of the ice box.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Say, for example, the lay-up procedures were done while still in the slip; wouldn't motoring over to the lift for haul-out subsequently negate at least some of the winterization procedures you just went through.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Yes. You could move the boat over to the lift without starting the engine, but it's easier to just do it when the boat is in the slings.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 09/26/2013 : 13:29:41

Thanks Steve, my marina will do the winterization of the fresh water system, and I know they can run the antifreeze in the engine, but the instructions in the Westerbeke manual seem pretty extensive, and I can't see how the marina would want to do all that on the lift because of the other boats waiting to be pulled out. In any case, I was able to speak with the diesel mechanic, and he's going to do it in two phases; some things will be done next week while the boat is still in the slip, and the second part will be the following week once the boat's on terra firma. :)

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