summarization of boat???

[amanphoto]

Can someone please define what this is and why marinas charge for it.

 

[rockyrude]

Re: summarization of boat???

Considering where you are, are you possibly referring to winterizing?

 

[Another retired guy]

Re: summarization of boat???

If the boat has been stored over winter, before it goes back into the water the marina will check to make sure everything is working correctly. (bellows;hoses;belts;gimbal ring;prop condition;battery charge; fluid levels;blower;bilge pump;lights;fluid leaks;idling/shifting; engine temp. Etc!)

 

[tpenfield]

Re: summarization of boat???

Yes - Summer-izing (not summarization . . isn't that arithmetic?)

That is when you pay the Marinia a few hundred bucks for starting up your boat and letting any anti-freeze, etc run out of it

 

[southkogs]

Re: summarization of boat???

That is when you pay the Marinia a few hundred bucks for starting up your boat and letting any anti-freeze, etc run out of it

... and finding all the stuff they broke when they winterized it.

 

[oldjeep]

Re: summarization of boat???

Yes - Summer-izing (not summarization . . isn't that arithmetic?)

That is when you pay the Marinia a few hundred bucks for starting up your boat and letting any anti-freeze, etc run out of it

Mostly But it depends. My FIL has his malibu winterized and summerized - they take the impeller out before winter and put it back in before summer. Seems unnneccessary to me, but removing the impeller in a ski boat takes 2 minutes.

I do all the oil change/gear oil before summer, winterization for me is just draining the block and disconnecting the battery.