Alaskan Sea-Duction
Guru
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2012
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- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Alaskan Sea-Duction
- Vessel Make
- 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Around here winterizing your boat means making sure your ugg-boots are aboard.
I leave my boat to freeze in for the winter. My engine is keel-cooled, (glycol) so my only job is to block off three standpipes (through hulls), which I do from inside the boat. I also put a heat tape or 25W light bulb on the stern tube/stuffing box.
So, winterizing takes me about an hour - almost a non-event.
I would rather put up with this annual event, than to live in a hot climate, and miss out on the joy of the changing seasons. We get to cruise without the need of air-conditioning, we get fresh water, and the fun of driving in the snow!
To each his own ......
I leave my boat to freeze in for the winter. My engine is keel-cooled, (glycol) so my only job is to block off three standpipes (through hulls), which I do from inside the boat. I also put a heat tape or 25W light bulb on the stern tube/stuffing box.
So, winterizing takes me about an hour - almost a non-event.
I would rather put up with this annual event, than to live in a hot climate, and miss out on the joy of the changing seasons. We get to cruise without the need of air-conditioning, we get fresh water, and the fun of driving in the snow!
To each his own ......
Perhaps an ideal latitude:
Will do. Think I remember the marina. Had to google map the area to refresh my memory. A little ways south of where I ran aground at Matanza inlet in February. Hope there doing a better job of marking that channel this fall (buoys were on the East side; channel was against the West side).Wave when you pass Palm Coast O C Diver! I'll be on the Southerly!