You have probably read several boating magazine articles on how to winterize your outboard, diesel engine, freshwater system, head, air conditioning, and so on. But what about the captain? Doesn’t the captain need some winterization to keep him in shape throughout the long, dark winter? Of course he does. If you haven’t made arrangements for laying up the captain, he may get rusty and stiffen up, freeze up, or in the worst-case scenario, sink (into a post-boating depression, that is).