As urbanites, the transition to lake living was a true learning experience for us. Septic systems, wells, wild critters eating everything we plant and winterizing boats are just a few of the topics that presented a real challenge at first!Thankfully, this year the cold winter weather has really been delayed so all of our procrastinating wasn't quite as painful as it could have been...although my husband would disagree (since he had to get into the water one last time in November)...b-r-r-r. I was thinking about how daunting all of this was to us in those first winters. So, I thought I'd share the best winterizing information and resources I have found over the years.
Boat Safe's Nautical Know-How is a great website for a variety of water- related topics. They have a basic take on winterizing your boat that is helpful for novices. Boat USA also is a good resource and even has a winterizing check-list.
OK, now it's confession time. After doing all this research...we decided to leave it to the professionals. Many local marinas and/or boat dealers will come to you and winterize your boat or jet-ski right in your boat house. Can't beat that.
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