November 11, 2022
Keith was good enough to come down to the boat and ‘coach’ me on how to winterize the engine. This, of course means he will do it for me but teach me how to do it for the next time. He shows great patience but I wonder if I’m just insensitive.
After 2 hours of reading the manual and inspecting the back end of the engine where the YouTube video said to do the winterization, we took a break. I called Al, the previous owner. He reminded me of the videos he made for me, one of which outlined how to commission the engine in spring. He said, “just do it in reverse!” 10 minutes later, Keith had run the motor and filled the water system with antifreeze.
I’m lucky to be surrounded by kind people.
It is October 30 in Niagara Falls, Canada It is going to get cold, and it will come with a snap of it’s crispy little finger, not with a long slow descent of temperatures. I have to get the motor winterized before the first frost because it won’t work next year if it freezes. This of course would be bad.
I don’t have a picture of the engine so I’ve swapped it out for one of the summer sunset model session images of Katie.
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