Frank, 
Even cheap vodka is more expensive than RV anti-Freeze made for water  
lines. I can attest that it doesn't taste good after sitting in a plastic tank  
for an entire winter......no matter how much OJ or tomato juice you mix it 
with.  We decided long ago that the water tank on the R22 is good for washing 
hands and  dishes, but is not a good source for potable water. We usually 
freeze several  water bottles and drink them as they thaw. Let me correct 
that. My crew drinks  water, I don't. I know what fish do in water. Only rum 
touches my lips.
I'm suffering sitting in a cheap hotel room in Daytona Beach, waiting for  
the damn Shuttle to go up. It's been postponed again until Wednesday. Good 
thing  I like restaurant food. I ordered lobster last night. It was their 
special and I  got two whole lobsters. Usually you only get the tails, but this 
time I got the  whole animal. It was a real challenge, but I managed to eat 
both of them.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 10/30/2010 1:11:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sloopblueheron at gmail.com writes:

Frank,

A)  Cheep vodka only corrodes your  brain.

B)  You should be sucking the antifreeze through the water  intake hose so 
it
will flush the upper channels of the toilet bowl.   Disconnect the hose from
the through hull and stick it into the antifreeze  bottle.

C)  Only if the water your boat sits in freezes.  If  that happens, you'll
have more to deal with than a frozen drain  hose.

D)  You should change the lower drive oil in case any water  got into the
motor.

Rick

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:01 AM,  Frank Tugwell <ftugwell at cox.net> wrote:

> As a new owner, I  appreciate the list of dewinterizing activities, my 
next
> challenge. A  couple more questions for the many experienced owners in the
>  fleet:
> A) Does alcohol react/corrode the water tank?  In the past  I have
> Added a big bottle of cheap vodka, enough to pump it to the  sink with the
> electric faucet pump.
> B) if I put pink in the  head and pump it into the holding tank, which has
> been my practice in  past boats, what about the line coming in from the
> water--the line  that  fills the head?  Will this drain out, or do I have 
to
>  find and disconnect it to prevent a freezing break?
> C) if I leave the  boat in the water (which I will probably not do) does 
the
> line that  drains water out of the cockpit freeze?  How can it be 
winterized
>  since they are open to the water, at least it appears to be the case in  
the
> lazarette?
> D) Does my Yamaha 9.9 need to be drained in  some way, or is it dry when 
it
> is up and out of the  water?
>
> Frank
> Dragonfly 2010
>
>
> On  10/14/10 9:40 AM, "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>  wrote:
>
> > Winterize the outboard per manufacturer's  suggestions.
> >
> > We trailer to winter storage so we take  down the mast. We store the
> > mast on the bow pulpit and stern rail  with the slot down. We have a
> > frame made out of PVC that gives a  higher ridgepole than the mast and
> > a tarp goes over that, well  tied down so it doesn't flap and mar the
> > paint and so it doesn't  collect rain or snow in the slack spots.
> >
> > We take all  cloth items off the boat (other than the sails in the
> > mast) and  store in a dry spot safe from bugs & critters.
> >
> >  Because of the tarp and because everything is out of the cabin we
> >  leave the companionway open for ventilation.
> >
> > We pump  the water tank dry and drain the lines.
> >
> > We bring the  battery home and charge it every now and then.
> >
> > We  put the left over gas in the car.
> >
> > That's it.
>  >
> > Mary Lou
> > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > Rock  Hall, MD
> >
> >
> > At 10:12 PM 10/13/2010, you  wrote:
> >
> >> Question for the list: What do Northern  Rhodes owners do to winterize
> their
> >> boats?
>  >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>  Dave
> >> Rhodes 22 2006/Recycled 2010
> >> Bolling  AFB (Washington DC)
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