It’s hard to believe that summer is coming to a close for us and that I’m already having to post a thread with this title. I’ve done some research on the site and have gotten some good tips, but want to double check on a few things.
Anyway, this will be our first time keeping our boat stored anywhere but our garage at home during the winter. Didn’t buy a trailer for the R21 we purchased this past spring (and am pretty sure she wouldn’t fit in our garage at home anyway). So, she will be staying on the lift at the lake until the late-spring.
Since we haven’t dealt with this before I have a few questions for the group. Any suggestions or best practices are appreciated.
1. We have a covered dock with and the stock boat cover that has kept the boat fairly bug-free and dry this summer. I’m planning on putting some Damp Rid buckets and dryer sheets in the boat to keep moisture and bug problems to a minimum. Anything else we should do from a moisture prevention standpoint?
2. When we used to have the old 20v in our garage at home over long periods of time I kept trickle chargers/battery maintainers alligator clamped on my two batteries. The R21 has an onboard charger. I’m assuming the charger is intended to be plugged in long-term (several months) without any issues, correct? I have the battery switch set to “off” and assume that doesn’t affect the charger’s ability to do its job.
3. Since the boat is under warranty I’ll have the local dealer handling the oil change, winterization, and other recommended first year maintenance once we’re fully finished using the boat for the year (luckily still have some good fall boating weekends left). Any suggestions on less common items to ask the dealer to look at prior to layup?
4. Since the boat will be on a covered lift and the boat cover will be on, do I still need to pull the plug? I guess it wouldn’t hurt….
Other thoughts/suggestions are welcome. I’ll add Stabil to the gas at last run and do one last UV protectant “conditioning” after the final cleaning session of the year. Based upon 007’s recommendation on another storage thread I’ll probably empty most of the compartments and open/prop up some of them for ventilation.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Anyway, this will be our first time keeping our boat stored anywhere but our garage at home during the winter. Didn’t buy a trailer for the R21 we purchased this past spring (and am pretty sure she wouldn’t fit in our garage at home anyway). So, she will be staying on the lift at the lake until the late-spring.
Since we haven’t dealt with this before I have a few questions for the group. Any suggestions or best practices are appreciated.
1. We have a covered dock with and the stock boat cover that has kept the boat fairly bug-free and dry this summer. I’m planning on putting some Damp Rid buckets and dryer sheets in the boat to keep moisture and bug problems to a minimum. Anything else we should do from a moisture prevention standpoint?
2. When we used to have the old 20v in our garage at home over long periods of time I kept trickle chargers/battery maintainers alligator clamped on my two batteries. The R21 has an onboard charger. I’m assuming the charger is intended to be plugged in long-term (several months) without any issues, correct? I have the battery switch set to “off” and assume that doesn’t affect the charger’s ability to do its job.
3. Since the boat is under warranty I’ll have the local dealer handling the oil change, winterization, and other recommended first year maintenance once we’re fully finished using the boat for the year (luckily still have some good fall boating weekends left). Any suggestions on less common items to ask the dealer to look at prior to layup?
4. Since the boat will be on a covered lift and the boat cover will be on, do I still need to pull the plug? I guess it wouldn’t hurt….
Other thoughts/suggestions are welcome. I’ll add Stabil to the gas at last run and do one last UV protectant “conditioning” after the final cleaning session of the year. Based upon 007’s recommendation on another storage thread I’ll probably empty most of the compartments and open/prop up some of them for ventilation.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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