Long term lay up

[kingfisher]

Well, I'm going to do a lot of people a favor here, and leave the country for a prolonged period, actually 15 months.

I've found a friend willing to store the boat in a nice heated warehouse. But what to do for the lay up. Just your average winter lay up (antifreeze, change of oil and filters,...) or is there more to it?

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[Birdseye]

Would have thought so.

Might be sensible to remove the batteries and put them on trickle charge somewhere. Holding tank was out? Empty exhaust hose of water / disconnect hose from exhaust elbow and put a rag up the latter. Fill diesel tank. Thorough washing of salt off everything. Lots of ventilation. Some people here apply wax polish lavishly at the end of the season and dont polish off - they reckon its easier to get a good shine in the spring.

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[brianhumber]

Some ideas for hull/engine
Interior needs to be well ventilated would suggest it is not practicable to seal and dehumidify as we did when laying up ships :
All potable wet services need draining and taps opened
All water drained out from salt water pumps, engine block, heat exchangers dont forget exhaust baffles
Engine oil needs rplacing with flushing oil and circulated, injectors out and anticorrosive light oil induced into upper cylinder bores
Either drain out fuel tank or fill to the brim
Seacocks dismantled if not ball type oil if ball type leave open
Wash out and dry out bilge (s)
Store cushions in rat free loft!!
Opening hatches/ ports need opening to avoid rubbers/seals sticking

hope you are going somewhere good





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[vyv_cox]

I've had a VW diesel camper in long-term storage for seven years now, used once most years, for less than 100 miles. So far as the engine is concerned I have kept antifreeze topped up, changed oil occasionally and fuel tank full. Batteries are charged by a simple charger that is timed to come on for two hours per week. The vehicle never fails to start first time.

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