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12-26-2020, 11:25 AM
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City: Looking
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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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12-26-2020, 11:38 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
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Well w “out cruis’in” we haven’t got the vaguest idea where you are.
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North Western Washington State USA
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12-26-2020, 11:41 AM
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City: Looking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Well w “out cruis’in” we haven’t got the vaguest idea where you are.
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Fixed.
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12-26-2020, 01:04 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
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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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North Western Washington State USA
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12-26-2020, 01:16 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
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Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
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Apparently, it was warmer in Newfoundland than Florida recently
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12-26-2020, 04:11 PM
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Guru
City: Edgewater, MD
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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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12-26-2020, 04:15 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
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Greetings,
Mr. MM. That's Newfoundland AND Labrador to you, mainlander.
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12-26-2020, 04:24 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
Mr. MM. That's Newfoundland AND Labrador to you, mainlander.
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Are you referring to dogs now???
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12-26-2020, 04:33 PM
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Guru
City: Bethlehem, PA
Vessel Name: Lady Kay V
Vessel Model: 1978 Hatteras 53MY
Join Date: Oct 2015
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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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12-26-2020, 05:41 PM
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Guru
City: Looking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
That’s a common thing for fenders in northern climes to do.
So you’re not north.
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Oh, It was plenty north for me. I'll just keep going south until they re-inflate on their own.
Quote:
Originally Posted by MurrayM
Apparently, it was warmer in Newfoundland than Florida recently
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My blood has been thinning over the last two years.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by catalinajack
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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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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12-26-2020, 06:26 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boathealer
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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You need to fill them with winter air.
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12-26-2020, 06:41 PM
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Guru
City: Bethlehem, PA
Vessel Name: Lady Kay V
Vessel Model: 1978 Hatteras 53MY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by koliver
You need to fill them with winter air.
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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.
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12-27-2020, 06:31 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Florida does not begin till South of Lake O.
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12-27-2020, 07:09 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oscar
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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Does on mine, what make fenders? Needle all the way in?
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12-27-2020, 04:19 PM
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Guru
City: Bethlehem, PA
Vessel Name: Lady Kay V
Vessel Model: 1978 Hatteras 53MY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
Does on mine, what make fenders? Needle all the way in?
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As far as I can tell....
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12-27-2020, 05:08 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oscar
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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What brand fenders?
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12-27-2020, 07:02 PM
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Guru
City: Dewatto
Vessel Name: CHiTON
Vessel Model: Tung Hwa Clipper 30
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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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01-04-2021, 12:53 PM
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Senior Member
City: Punta Gorda
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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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01-04-2021, 02:02 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Quincy, MA
Vessel Name: KEEPAH
Vessel Model: 43 ALBIN
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 25
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"Deflate-gate" ! Ask Tom Brady about it.
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01-04-2021, 02:22 PM
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Guru
City: Looking
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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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