I have got a marina berth for my Searider, I have occasionally left it in from weekend to weekend, I left it on the berth yesterday as I am back down on Thursday, now I normally tilt up the engine and flush it with fresh water whilst in the berth with the muffs, then leave the engine up, is this correct or am I being a tool?
A lot of people do not bother, but having seen some seriously crusty engines over the years I reckon it is the easiest single thing to do to improve the life of the motor.
Not seen that, I have some system on the mothership that send beams around the props to stop them, it wasn't cheap to fit but looked like an interesting concept, made by Volvo so bought it
If your on a mooring with no hose pipe available pulling a large plastic sack or a sail bag over the prop and leg then pouring a few gallons of fresh water into it can be used to flush for a few mins ,,,, as long as its not in gear !
I used to do this with my fishing boat when leaving it on an outside mooring as I always carried a 25 ltr drum of drinking water onboard I just poured it in the bag and flushed the engine through if not going to use it for a while.
For that kind of time I personally wouldn't bother...... Depending on the marina berth I might not even lift the engine - some places it's less likely to get the prop dinged by a passing numptie!
