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Maintenance
It's
my belief that boating should be a fun experience! Most of the time
you hear about boaters that hate their boats because they always
break at the wrong times! I've had my fair share of this in the past
on my first few boats! I go overboard on this with all my
stuff. I don't get to use it very much so when I do use it, It
better work! Here's the details by item of what I do for
maintenance. Most of this is done as needed or at least once a year.
Boat
- When it's
in the slip, it's cleaned every week. Inside and out. Once
a month they do the bilge
- It's
always up on the lift so you don't have to worry about the
bottom
- Drives have synthetic oil in them. I change it once a year
- Motors
don't use a drop. Drives are suppose to and do so we check the oil reservoirs.
- Change motor oil every 50 hours. Do not use synthetic. Use Castrol 20W50 only. Motors are brand new so will change oil at 10 hours then every 50 hours. New hour meter installed.
- Completely
winterized every year
- Kept in
heated storage every year
- Drives
painted as needed
- Props
polished and cupped every year
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Trailer
- Brakes
replaced or adjusted every year
- Oil
checked on bearing before every trip
- Tire
pressure checked before every trip
- Lights
all work
- Blasted
then primed and paint 4 years ago
- Launch
using lift so trailer does not go in water
- Paint touched
up as needed
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That's it. Simple. Just make sure you do it every year!
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