As the boating season ends in the Thousand Islands, hundreds of boats are being prepared to come out of the water. The St Lawrence River will freeze, and the Seaway will close during the winter.
Here on Wellesley Island at the Thousand Islands Club Marina, Horizon Marine is beginning the process of taking boats out of the water and into their heated storage facility in Alexandria Bay.
Horizon Marine has set up an interesting process at the TI Club Marina. Here are a few pictures of the very clever oil changing set up:
This is the dock that they have designated for the oil change and storage preparation. Boats are removed from their slips, brought here for oil change. They are also set up to do pump outs, and other services if the owners have not done them themselves. They are then taken across the River, hauled, and placed in storage.
These tanks are set up at the end of the dock to receive the oil that is pumped out of the boats.
This is the start of the piping that caries the oil from the boat down the dock to the tanks.
Notice the hose connected to the arches that carries the oil down the dock.
This pump removes the oil from the boat
55 gal drums of fresh oil ready to be pumped into the boats after the old oil is pumped out.
We plan on leaving, and heading back to NC, on Friday. So "EASTNOR" will come out of the water sometime next week and move into the heated storage for the winter. We will return in the spring to consider continuing our Great Loop Cruise.
A Sunset from our slip
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