Dry storage, raw water system for marine vehicles

A system for use with a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage, the system comprising:

• a pump, external to the Luxury Boat in Temporary Dry Storage, the pump having an associated inlet and outlet;
• a reservoir of antifreeze, wherein the inlet of the pump is within the reservoir of antifreeze;
• a hose having a first end being coupled to the raw water outlet and a second end configured to matingly couple to a connector on the Luxury Boat that is coupled to at least one Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat;
• a controller coupled to the pump external to the Luxury Boat;
• a sensor coupled to a boat-based pump controller on the Luxury Boat, wherein the boat-based pump controller is used to control pumping of raw water to the at least one Auxiliary System on the Luxury Boat;
• and
• wherein the sensor is configured to sense a trigger signal from the boat-based pump controller indicating that raw water is to be pumped to the at least one Auxiliary System and send a signal to the controller that will cause the controller to start the pump external to the Luxury Boat pumping antifreeze from the reservoir to the at least one Auxiliary System on the Luxury Boat in Temporary Dry Storage via the hose.

A method for use with a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage, the method comprising, at a first time:

• coupling a pump that is external to the Luxury Boat to a reservoir of antifreeze;
• sensing a trigger signal from a boat-based pump controller at a controller for the pump that is external to the Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage, such that the pump that is external to the Luxury Boat will pump the antifreeze from the reservoir through an Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat to a discharge port of the Luxury Boat;
• and
• plugging the discharge port so that antifreeze remains in at least the Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat.