MacRay Harbor

John, If you're not locked in there, give us a call. we have added another building this year to heated and John Sima is giving MHYC club members last years price, plus a discount. Might be worth keeping it close
 
War Dept. lol

Well too bad that we won't be winter neighbors, but the War Dept. has a point – MacRay IS a long ways away from PA. Thanks for taking care of Carrie with a referral. As you saw, she’s not one to hold a grudge, so you’ll be welcome in the future.

People/boats CP left in packs this weekend. I was amazed. We had clear blue skies, calm wind, warm dry air, and all these people fired up and headed for the hoists. I couldn’t do it! If I were them, I’d call the marina and postpone the haul-out.

I cruised out to the lake in my neighbor’s aft cabin. We came back to the fuel dock and saw Ramsport cruise by with Dogdaze and co. as passengers. “The Dog House” looked so good that my neighbor took pictures. An hour or two later, Dog Daze cruised by with Ramsport and co. as passengers. (it looked good too)

Haul out when it’s 78 degrees? No effin way!

No matter where/how your store, moisture is the enemy. You probably have Attwood sumps? If so, clean ‘em out and dry them out. Take the lids off, and then twist off the pump motor. The base comes out with a single screw. Removing the base and the grommet will release the check valve, letting the water trapped in the hose backfill into the box. Find the check valve, which is a small rubber disk that will have be laying somewhere in the box. After cleaning the box, pump, strainer etc., suck out all the water with a shop vac. The check valve goes back into the hose inlet, notch down. Re-assemble the pump and strainer, but leave the lids off until spring.

Pull the boards up from the salon holds and sit them upright to allow air into the holds. (do this last – I don’t want to hear about you stepping into a hold and breaking your foot per my advice!)

Drop some vegetable oil into the heads and flush, but make sure the heads are dry before you leave. I don’t use holding tank treatment (don’t have to, knock on wood), but this is the time to dump some in just in case.
If you’ve run the A/C recently, use the vac to suck up any condensate in the pans.

Defrost and clean the fridge, and unless you’re 100% sure that it’s 100% dry, prop the door open.
Replace the central vacuum bag.

Make sure the galley is clean and empty – heated warehouses are welcoming places to rodents.

Buy a box of scented drier sheets and put the all over the interior – in drawers, cupboards etc. Rumor has it that insects and spiders dislike the fragrance. Whether or not that’s true, the War Dept will appreciate it in the spring when the boat smells “April fresh” instead of “10 year old boat”.

If I were you, I’d also give the fresh water system some “red pop”. I know that most people will tell you that you’re defeating one of the great benefits of indoor heated storage, but I’ve found that it discourages growth and also helps you make sure the system is thoroughly flushed come spring. In fact, I’ve also found that it helps break down calcification, so for $5 now and some extra rinses in the spring, it’s good peace of mind.
Open as many spaces as you can. Leave head doors OPEN, pull the sofa cushions out to allow air underneath them. Get as much of the “soft goods” off the boat as possible: take the blankets, sheets, pillows etc. home. If you don’t want to take it home, then use the vacuum bags, ie: “space bags” that form a strong seal.

Open the deck hatches just enough to allow the handle to go back to the lock position while still being in groves of the flange. This will allow the rubber seals to rebound a little and it lets some air circulate while hopefully not encouraging rodents or dirt.

Remove the batteries from your remote controls.

Give the power hatch in the windshield a bump or two – same theory: let those rubber seals breathe a little.
If you’ve anchored recently or stuffed the bow in seas, pull ALL the rode out and let it dry, then pull it back in.

I take the door off the icemaker. All you have to do is take the top screw out of the hinge and the door lifts off. If you have a way to prop the door open, you can do so.

If you have any doubt about possible drains on the batteries, disconnect them. Make sure they have water and are fully charged before you leave.

Use the shop vac to dry the bilge if necessary.

I still believe in an end-of-season oil change, but the engine discussion could be a whole other thread.
 
slw you are the Dr Frank W II. thanks mucho for this

i always chagne oil and filters at the end, what is opposite side debate about?

wanted to boat over to detroit this weekend for a sat night function i have to do in harrison twp. but, couldnt get anyone excited to go and didnt want to make the 4.5 h trip alone.

so, no boat 4me this weekend.

going to annapolis ? may go on thursday and also trying for flbs.

hope next weekend good. having the jetskis come out monday, and then will bring the dingh back after next weekend

and then yank out. how long you staying?
 
There's not much controversy about oil changes, I just meant all the other debates about storing/treating fuel, impeller care, flushing cooling systems etc.

I've never been to Annapolis. Ft Laud is usually in conflict w/ other travel, so the next show for me will be Cleveland, then Miami.

We took the boat to MacRay last saturday. Incredible trip - flat lake and 89 degrees. We stopped at Metro Beach overnight on Saturday to hang out w/ old friends/neighbors from DYC. On Sunday we rafted out in front of MacRay with Tick Tock. I used the opportunity to swim around the boat and scrub the A/C through-hulls and waterline. Swimming in Oct. wow.

We put the boat in the boathouse on Sunday night. There were only 2 others in there - still too early. I think we'll pull it back out for the wkd. The water is low, so the boat looks like a toy being that far below the dock.
 
On the boat now, cleveland indians, what the heck is happening. lake not too good now, rocking in the slip a little. going to take the boat out tues night to the game ==got a die hard boston fan who works with me and going to leave pittsburgh early tues afternoon.

coulnt believe the lake on saturday. checked you out on saturday afternoon. we flew over macray going to romeo airfield and Lake SC and macray looked really sweet. lake erie looked really nice from the air.

funny how in one week this place turns real fast.

did that pershing 65 move into the building yet? good to hear you are all settled in. shortly after tuesday, think i'll take this one out and say amen to 2007.
 
SLW...Sorry we missed you last weekend. Scott and I really wanted to see you off. Silky wasn't doing well, walking wise, so we decided to stay home (missed a great weather weekend, but he needed to rest). Glad you had a great trip back. and hopefully we'll see you over winter. If nothing else, I'll see you on here :-)
 
Yeah John, that was an incredible day. Too bad you didn't have a camera with you - it would've been cool to have a shot of that from overhead. The boathouse is still fairly empty. I assume the weather is keeping people outside later than usual. As of last wkd, an Ocean and the for-sale 52 Tiara that I mentioned previously have moved in. Carrie has done some shifting of well assignments. Apparently the Pershing guy wanted to be further in, so she put another boat that was in 3B last year in the first well. (they're semi live-aboards and wanted the sun) We (combined 84' of us) will be in the next well, but I'm still not sure that a Silverton 352 can fit. We'll find out soon.

Ram, yeah, I missed the usual Cedar Point send-off of 25 people at the end of the dock waving good-bye... No streamers, no confetti, just a few neighbors helping throw lines. Joe filled in as best he could, but Sheryl wasn't even there. (she left a voicemail later in the day) We'll have to make a point to hit the Cleve boat show even harder than usual. Maybe if I SHOW UP drunk, I can use the time normally spent drinking in the pretend PIB bars to I dunno, look at boats or something.
 
Had it all planned to go to Tuesday's night game in Cleveland and spend the night at Old River. Anyway, get the boat going and as soon as i throttle up , the port engine acts like it is starving. Decide at 6:15 to not debate this issue and taxi back, get in the car and great time at the game.

Spent the night at the marina, had my hooby mechanic come over and the prime pump was not tightened. Wanted to go to PIB and then CF in Vermil for dinner. Alls running great at the dock, as soon as i put it under load, sputters. got back, pretended to do some other things, and then changed the engine fuel filter. Same thing.

NO trip, returned home and today, call Dr Frank. He said confirm the gasket did not roll up on the racor and then make sure the ball valve is in fact closed by taking off the fuel filter and confirming it is closed by pumping the primer and that no fuel comes out.

If still problem, then injector seat problem.

It's getting late and time to go to the winter heated garage. Anyone going to the FLBS besides me?
 
My boss will be there John...Look for him in the Marquis display
 
When are you bringing your boat over, John? J.S. Says to give him a call about FLBS, he may have something for you :-)
 
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