Headed south

270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
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Planning to pull out 2004 270 to fort Myer for the winter. 
Anyone have any advise for a fresh water boater?  
We've read a bit about boat preparation switching to aluminium anoids keeping bottom paint up. 
Anything else any other advice someone may have?
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2018
    Keep on a lift or trailer. 
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trailering or cruising down? Intra-coastal or Mississippi? That's an ambitious run for a 270. But what an adventure.
    Even trailering will be an experience.
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • 270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
    Plan to trailer down and store inland on the trailer when we're not there.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Look me up when you get here
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since you are storing her on a trailer, be sure to flush the engine and wash the trailer with fresh water.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • 270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
    Thanks we'll do that handyman, appears we have similar tastes in color.
    Thanks everyone for the info, anything anyone might add is much appreciated.

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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fuel docks are to far apart for 270, 100 gallons will not make it on the Mississippi. trailering down will not be bad. Watch out for Handy, he like to joke, drink  beer, watch football, laugh, and talk about Rinkers. 
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  • 270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
    Funny you mention going down the Mississippi, headwaters start in our county here in northern Minnesota. Trailering will fit our timeline much better. 
    Handyman sounds like our kinda people.
    Thanks for the comment.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    270496RINKER said:
    Funny you mention going down the Mississippi, headwaters start in our county here in northern Minnesota. Trailering will fit our timeline much better. 
    Handyman sounds like our kinda people.
    Thanks for the comment.
    LOL I should run for president. 
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,069 mod
    Heaven help us all.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It should be a boat owner after all
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A Handy president Handy for president, What all Rinker owners get a tax break?
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    Just curious, is your fresh water boat equipped with closed cooling?  I'd have a really hard time putting my boat without closed cooling in anything other than fresh water.

    2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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  • 270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
    Yes it is closed cooling
    I'd have a tuff time doing that as well
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A friend of mine at the marina that I dock at has a 250FV with 350MAG/B3 raw water cooled and he trailers his boat to Florida twice a year. He runs it in salt water and brackish water with no problems. All he does is flushes the system out after each run.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And you don't have to worry about manifolds and internal parts getting salt water- just the heat exchanger.
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ps- your heading to some real pretty boating...if you like islands and lots of restaurants on the water...check out cayo costs island in that area, north of Clearwater 3rooker island- very remote and cool!
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Heading back to the keys on Tuesday for 5 or 6 days :) then up to portsmouth and cape cod! Gotta love summer!
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  • 270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
    We did a week last November and had a rental boat. 
    We did take it out to caya Costa. Mrs picked over shells for hours. 
    Awesome sites to see! 
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are a handful of homes you can rent on the island- hope to go back one day...
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  • 270496RINKER270496RINKER Member Posts: 12 ✭✭
    Made it down on the fourth of November! No issues other than a couple trailer tires which we happened to have exactly a couple! 
    Docked at burnt store marina, beautiful place. Even ran into a couple from out home town lake. (Very small world) 
    Back in the ice box now, upper 80s last week -4 here at home yesterday. 
    Headed back the 28th! 
    Thanks for all the information and help! 
    Boat ran great!
    Fuel meter is next anyone hear of interactio fuel meters?
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,069 mod
    What year is your boat?  If it's 2003 or newer, maybe you should think about a Mercury Vesselview Mobile instead of a mechanical fuel meter.  Plug it into your engine, read data on your cell phone.  
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @270496RINKER I was there you where docked right next to the Seatow boat. The admiral and I did lunch there on Thursday. What a small world now I'm back in Ct high to day 32°.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmmmm funny how people come down and dont make contact. 
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,614 admin
    Handymans342 said:
    Hmmmm funny how people come down and dont make contact. 
    Next time DEFINITELY!!!!!! 
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yah messed that up. Probably would of had more fun. Next time will make a better attempt.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2018
    reneechris14 said:
    Yah messed that up. Probably would of had more fun. Next time will make a better attempt.
    No excuse. You were 10 min away. WTF. I thought MT was bad. 
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve - it's NOT personal....seriously.....you are kind to offer and from pics posted you are a great host but sometimes when we're near you events conspire to prevent a visit. If everyone you invited down showed-up you'd need a second home or bigger travel coach.
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,614 admin
    Michael T said:
    Steve - it's NOT personal....seriously.....you are kind to offer and from pics posted you are a great host but sometimes when we're near you events conspire to prevent a visit. If everyone you invited down showed-up you'd need a second home or bigger travel coach.
    Or a boat.......lol
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Michael T said:
    Steve - it's NOT personal....seriously.....you are kind to offer and from pics posted you are a great host but sometimes when we're near you events conspire to prevent a visit. If everyone you invited down showed-up you'd need a second home or bigger travel coach.
    Really MT??? Everyone wont show up at the same time!
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