timjet
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I'm new to this. Living most of my life in Florida we've never had to deal with winterizing and re-commission, but we cruised to the Chesapeake last summer and winterized it last October which included shrink wrapping. We have a splash date on April 28th at Herrington Harbour near Deal MD.
Here's my to do list for re-commissioning.
> Remove shrink wrap a week or so before.
> After boat is in the water, reconnect hose to water tank, fill water tank and flush all faucets and showers of pink stuff.
> Disconnect water heater by-pass and reconnect in/out lines to water heater. No pink stuff in heater or water tank.
> Prime air conditioning pump before turning on.
> Engines: oil and filters were changed when winterizing and pink stuff is in raw water cooling circuit. As far as I know nothing else needs to be done, however from previous experience the Cummins diesels will be hard to start not having run for 6 months.
Anything else I need to do and suggestions on getting the engines started??
Here's my to do list for re-commissioning.
> Remove shrink wrap a week or so before.
> After boat is in the water, reconnect hose to water tank, fill water tank and flush all faucets and showers of pink stuff.
> Disconnect water heater by-pass and reconnect in/out lines to water heater. No pink stuff in heater or water tank.
> Prime air conditioning pump before turning on.
> Engines: oil and filters were changed when winterizing and pink stuff is in raw water cooling circuit. As far as I know nothing else needs to be done, however from previous experience the Cummins diesels will be hard to start not having run for 6 months.
Anything else I need to do and suggestions on getting the engines started??