Winterizing the boat's water system

ACT THREE has, probably, 60 ft. of hot and cold water pipe in her and all of that has to be filled with potable antifreeze, so that's what we did this weekend. It's not difficult but does have to be done with a certain care. Any fresh water left - anywhere - will freeze later this winter and damage something.

With that rather obvious info in mind, we ran the water tank dry and then poured in 4 gallons of Wal Mart's best at $2.58 a gallon. Don't laugh. This stuff has gotten us through many a very cold winter.

Once that was done, we were able to stand in front of our galley sink and watch the pink stuff fill everything, including the hot water tank and then squirt out onto the ground.

As you can see, it doesn't take much to keep us happy.

 Once we were sure that everything was winterized, we looked for an easy project and we found one. The galley has what we found are called  "sea lips"  that are actually small moldings that keep things from sliding off a counter top in rough seas. Ours were stained and looked terrible and we've always wanted to take them off and refinish them. What a great project to begin the winter slowly.

We pried them off, all 14 feet, and looked at what will be a easy and fun project for evenings after work. Hey, we're facing more demanding projects this winter. Starting small is good, believe me.

We shot some video that won't rival NetFlix but it's fun for us to do... and look at later.