Finally got around to removing the out drive for the winter. As a first time boat owner I'm curious as to how everyone covers the exposed area after removing the sterndrive.
Since the one Shaw linked to is discontinued and sold out for Mercruisers, a plywood plate can be used just as effectively. It doesn't need to be pretty and some foam can be glued on for moisture and bug control.
Agreed,... but I try to make it harder for critters to get in over the winter storage,... I put buckets of moth balls around for the winter but remove come spring bc I hate the smell,.. but apparently so do the mice bc since using them I havnt had any critters. About 10yrs ago I had (I think) a chipmunk get into my 220 SRV,.. made one hellava mess of the wiring in my dash.
