Carver 396 Motor Yacht 2003, Owner'S Manual

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1. Open the garboard drain. Leave the drain open
while your boat is in storage.
2. Remove all water from the bilge.
3. Clean the bilge as described in the "Bilge" portion
of Section 7 .
Before performing this procedure on the sanitation
system, your boat should be pulled from the water.
Refer to the OEM information for more information on
winterizing the sanitation system.
Refer to the "Sanitation System" portion of Section 4
for a diagram of your boat’s sanitation system.
There are three types of sanitation systems: the stan-
dard system, the overboard discharge system and the
direct overboard discharge system.
Standard Sanitation System
1. Empty the waste tanks as described in the "Emp-
tying the Waste Tanks" portion of Section 4 .
Remove as much of the fresh water used in flushing
the tanks as possible.
2. If the sanitation system uses seawater to flush the
toilets, follow steps a - d below; otherwise, proceed
to step 3.
a. Close the seacock for each toilet.
b. For each seacock, disconnect the end of the
seawater pickup hose that is attached to the
toilet side of the seacock.
c. Flush the toilets until all water is drained from
the seawater pickup hoses.
d. Reconnect the seawater pickup hoses to the
seacocks. Leave the seacocks closed.
You must use an approved antifreeze in your boat’s
sanitation system. Refer to the SeaLand Technical
Bilge
Sanitation System
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