Winterizing: Make It Easy With Checklists

When the air temperature shifts from warm to cool, its time to think about getting ready to winterize your boat. Download these handy checklists to make sure you don't forget any detail.

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Marc Robic
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Covering the boat is one of the last steps in the winterizing process which readies all of your boat systems for the coming temperature drop. (Photo/ Marc Robic)
Covering the boat is one of the last steps in the winterizing process which readies all of your boat systems for the coming temperature drop. (Photo/ Marc Robic)

When summer turns into fall, most DIY boat owners start exchanging ideas on how each one proceeds with their winterizing process. This is definitely one of the great benefits and pleasures of being part of a yacht club.

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Marc Robic
Marc Robic
Marc caught his love of sailing and all things water from his father from a very young age. He has owned many sailboats in his 40+ years of sailing. An avid do-it-yourselfer and handyman, he builds, modifies, improves and executes all his own repairs. He also enjoys testing, documenting & sharing products and how-to methods with other sailors and boaters. Posting many how to videos on his YouTube channel and Facebook page. He is a member of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron. Currently, he sails his Catalina 270, Aquaholic 3, out of the Ile-Perrot Yacht Club in Montreal, where Marc spent 16 years as Harbour Master. He is also a regular bareboat yacht charterer, having sailed most of the Caribbean islands. In the winter months, Marc regularly hand builds exact scale models of friends’ boats to give them away in the spring.
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