#boatwinterization

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Make Boat Winterization Quick and Easy With Lakeside Marine

Winterizing a boat is a must for all boats located in areas with freezing weather. Winterization ensures that your boat engine and other boat systems are ready before storing your boat during the cold months. This process is tedious but necessary, something that you should never overlook year after year.

When it comes to boat winterization, only one company is trusted by generations of boaters: Lakeside Marine. Our expertise in different boat services precedes us. We are the most in-demand and the most popular boat maintenance and repair company capable of winterization and off-season boat storage. We prepare your boat for your springtime sailing!

Many boaters decide to winterize their boats themselves because of the high costs. This is why we offer three winterization packages. These are affordable; high-quality services fit budget-savvy boaters like you.

Contact Lakeside Marine today and get to know the latest in boat winterization. Get a free quote on your next boat winterization service today.

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Your Boat Winterization Checklist - Reduce the Cost to Winterize a Boat

This blog is all about the cost to winterize a boat and creating a winterization checklist. Winterization is all about caring for your boat’s engine and preserving it using several techniques.

Fogging the engine to avoid corrosion

Changing the engine oil to avoid acid development

Using anti-freeze to protect the engine block

Topping the system with fuel and stabilizing it to avoid bacteria growth

Winterization also covers other boat systems, including the potable water system. The sanitation and air conditioning system. Also, preventing mold and mildew buildup and smells are considered.

Finally, choosing from dry or wet boat storage is essential. Dry storage is keeping your boat inside a storage facility. The boat is wrapped, tied, and kept inside a safe and secure facility. Meanwhile, wet storage keeps the boat hitched in the dock but with proper cover and strong dock lines.

Winterization is crucial to boats up north, but it's also for boaters who plan to keep their vessels in storage for a long time.

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Winter Season and Your Boat: Ways to Winterize

This blog will talk about precise steps to winterizing a boat. Ice may cause damage to hatches and window tracks by accumulating. You should check the hull for cracks in the Gelcoat and stress fractures. During the winter months, disconnect all of your electrical appliances and allow them to rest peacefully.

Coat any exposed electrical connections with a moisture-displacing lubricant. Equipment, such as sinks and showers, should be injected with antifreeze to prevent freezing. Make that the waterline is protected when buying a boat cover. During the winter, engines are most vulnerable to fuel degradation and freezing. Maintain a dry engine by wiping out all outboard telltales and storing them upright.

However, we must caution you that missing a drain plug might cost you at least $2,000 in engine replacement costs. To avoid deterioration, you should not ignore the mooring and the boat's condition for long periods.

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Boating Guide: How To Maintain a Boat?

This blog talks about boat maintenance. Maintaining a boat isn't any more complex than servicing a car; yet, there are many specialized needs that most people aren't aware of. A boat's value diminishes rapidly, so it requires regular maintenance. The good news is that maintaining your boat isn't as difficult as you might think.

Boats need regular maintenance to ensure the best performance on the water season after season. There are some ways to store your boat correctly. It may be outside, indoors, or by-sea. The most suitable method of keeping a boat depends on the size and type of facility available.

Routine washing and cleaning are vital to keeping your boat in great shape. Always change the oil and filter on your boat for lubrication and to keep engine parts lubricated. When it comes to avoiding costly repairs, proper maintenance of the engine's propellers is essential. Make sure that the propeller shaft is tight and secure before you set out on any boating venture.

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Same Day Winterization Specials!

As boating season winds down, it's time to start thinking about protecting your valuable recreational asset! Huntley Marine provides same day Boat Winterization services. Our Service Department is open six days a week for all your service needs. Find a plan that works best for you:

PLAN A - $172.50 Labor (plus parts) Basic winterize includes fuel conditioner, install anti-freeze, fog cylinders and internal engine components, and check gear lube for water.

PLAN B - $230.00 Labor (plus parts) Includes Plan A, plus engine oil and filter change and gear lube.  Grease zerks.

PLAN C - $258.75  Labor (plus parts) Includes Plan B, plus distributor cap and rotor.  (Recommended and best value.)

PLAN D - $517.50 Labor (plus parts) Includes Plan C, plus tune-up and remove outdrive, grease driveshaft, universals, etc.

Outboard winterization is FREE with annual service, a $100 value!

ALL PLANS ARE PLUS PARTS. OUR PLANS DO NOT REQUIRE DE-WINTERIZATION, BOATS ARE READY FOR WATER IN THE SPRING!

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