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Old 12-26-2020, 11:25 AM   #1
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Too cold!!

Woke up to deflated fenders this morning due to cold temperatures in NE Florida. We must be too far north!

Pointing the bow south (Key Largo) to remedy this problem......
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Old 12-26-2020, 11:38 AM   #2
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Well w “out cruis’in” we haven’t got the vaguest idea where you are.
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Well w “out cruis’in” we haven’t got the vaguest idea where you are.
Fixed.
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That’s a common thing for fenders in northern climes to do.
So you’re not north.
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Apparently, it was warmer in Newfoundland than Florida recently
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We are liveaboards in a marina 10 miles south of Annapolis. Overnight low was 23 degrees. Cabin temp was 43 degrees when we woke up but we were warm and toasty underneath our down comforter. Turned on the reverse cycle to warm the innards to 72 degrees in a couple of hours.
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Greetings,
Mr. MM. That's Newfoundland AND Labrador to you, mainlander.


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Mr. MM. That's Newfoundland AND Labrador to you, mainlander.


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So my now 26 day COVID war messed up my plans to winterize. (Kent island, Chesapeake) I did keep an eye on temperatures, including water temperature (I'm in the water) and except for a few brief dips into the 30-31 range I've been skating by. Yesterdays forecast was for 8 hours of 26.... (Which happened). So we spent the last two days hanging on the boat with the heat pumps going keeping us nice and toasty. I've got till about January 9th after this to get it all pinked up.
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That’s a common thing for fenders in northern climes to do.
So you’re not north.
Oh, It was plenty north for me. I'll just keep going south until they re-inflate on their own.

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Apparently, it was warmer in Newfoundland than Florida recently
My blood has been thinning over the last two years.....

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We are liveaboards in a marina 10 miles south of Annapolis. Overnight low was 23 degrees. Cabin temp was 43 degrees when we woke up but we were warm and toasty underneath our down comforter. Turned on the reverse cycle to warm the innards to 72 degrees in a couple of hours.
Had the Chinese diesel heater running full blast in the pilothouse the whole day down here to Ponce Inlet --- anchored in the shadow of the lighthouse.
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Woke up to deflated fenders this morning due to cold temperatures in NE Florida. We must be too far north!

Pointing the bow south (Key Largo) to remedy this problem......
You need to fill them with winter air.
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Old 12-26-2020, 06:41 PM   #12
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You need to fill them with winter air.
So I got the compressor out a few months ago and inflated mine. One got a little over inflated and no longer fits in the nice bracket on the foredeck.....

Anyone know how to let the air out? Sticking the "needle" in there by itself did not do the trick.
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Florida does not begin till South of Lake O.
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So I got the compressor out a few months ago and inflated mine. One got a little over inflated and no longer fits in the nice bracket on the foredeck.....

Anyone know how to let the air out? Sticking the "needle" in there by itself did not do the trick.
Does on mine, what make fenders? Needle all the way in?
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Does on mine, what make fenders? Needle all the way in?
As far as I can tell....
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So I got the compressor out a few months ago and inflated mine. One got a little over inflated and no longer fits in the nice bracket on the foredeck.....

Anyone know how to let the air out? Sticking the "needle" in there by itself did not do the trick.
What brand fenders?
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Old 12-27-2020, 07:02 PM   #17
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We just got back from our Christmas cruise. First night was cold, but my Chinese diesel heater kept up just fine (didn't run it at night). It took a while to heat up in the morning, but that was understandable. We had ice cycles on the stanchion rails and temps were mid-20's. Next night was gale force winds and I left the heater on idle. No problem with heat (outside temps went up into the 40's). I didn't think to check whether my fenders stayed fully inflated. More important things to worry about.

I did get a picture of these Christmas seals across from Port Townsend. Also a picture of Santa in his nuclear submarine escorted by two giant tugs and 5 gunboats (not shown). I kept a 1nm CPA and that seemed okay.
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We're in the Charlotte Harbor area and it's a bit chilly here today. We get cyclical cold fronts frequently during the winter months. We found that north Florida is too cold for us.
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"Deflate-gate" ! Ask Tom Brady about it.
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Popped right back out! Fully round -- no compressor needed!

I think I'm going to call it the "Key Largo Inflation Method"!
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