Gus, congratulations and welcome to the J/30 Fleet.

I have done something similar as David re: the winterizing. Here is what I do differently.

While the boat is on the hardtop. I have a bucket with fresh water and a small pump going to the engine intake. I run the engine getting the engine temp up so that the thermostat opens. Once I feel that the fresh water coming out is warm I then switch from fresh water to the Half Pink/Half Blue antifreeze solution I mix.

This way I am sure that I get antifreeze into all of the engine.

bernie
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