This is our first winter on the Chesapeake with our delightful Cutwater 2025 248C, and I'm in the process of winterizing it. I've found the two seawater inlet hoses are caulked as well as clamped, making them very difficult to remove for adding antifreeze with a funnel. Is there a more elegant and easy way to get antifreeze into the seawater plumbing (HVAC, live well, washdown, etc)? Also, I'll be grateful for any guidance on winterizing the hot water system. I've drained the fresh water tank, added antifreeze, and run it trhough all the taps, hot and cold. Thank you.
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Winterizing Cutwater 248C
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KKRCRACE
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- Fluid Motion Model
- C-242 C
- Hull Identification Number
- FMLS2448C818
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- Sunny Daze
I purchased a spare strainer assembly and epoxied a hose nipple in the top. I use a bucket with a valve with 3-4 foot hose and gravity feed the strainers.
Ken Keir
Sunny Daze
Ken Keir
Sunny Daze
Great solution. Thanks for the idea.I purchased a spare strainer assembly and epoxied a hose nipple in the top. I use a bucket with a valve with 3-4 foot hose and gravity feed the strainers.
Ken Keir
Sunny Daze
This is our first winter on the Chesapeake with our delightful Cutwater 2025 248C, and I'm in the process of winterizing it. I've found the two seawater inlet hoses are caulked as well as clamped, making them very difficult to remove for adding antifreeze with a funnel. Is there a more elegant and easy way to get antifreeze into the seawater plumbing (HVAC, live well, washdown, etc)? Also, I'll be grateful for any guidance on winterizing the hot water system. I've drained the fresh water tank, added antifreeze, and run it trhough all the taps, hot and cold. Thank you.
If you added pink antifreeze to the freshwater tank and ran your hot water faucets until pink antifreeze was present you have winterized your hot tank. Don’t forget to run the shower and the shower sump and fill with pink antifreeze as well as the transom shower.
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