Off Season Sailor Projects

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It is the end of December here in Michigan and we are experiencing 40 and 50-degree days. I'm starting to wonder if we even needed to pull out for the winter at this point. I'm sure the winter will get here soon enough. Hopefully, its late arrival doesn't me a late departure as well.

 Usually, this time of year I am working on a sewing project of some sort but with the warm weather, I decided to push back canvas work and go down to work on the winches. The black tarp I use to cover Woodstock really helps to keep it warm inside on days like this. Here is a recap video no step-by-step but if you are working on your boat it is pretty easy to pop them apart clean them up and snap them back together.


This Fall when winterizing my good old Evinrude I drained a lot of frothy oil out of the lower unit. I've known this has been coming for some time. Each year that lower unit lube looks a little worse at the end of the season.  So I also replaced all the seals and the water pump. I figure for a 42-year-old motor new seals are in order. 


 

Location: Michigan, USA

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