Bkay
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- Aluminum Catamaran
I've searched existing threads and there is some discussion about winterizing in water, but I didn't find quite what I was looking for. Winterizing is a very geographic issue and I'm interested in others experience.
I am in the Chesapeake Bay and am considering winterizing in-water in the future. We get enough cold weather that the water freezes over maybe a couple times in a 2 or 3 year period and then it freezes for maybe 4-7 days. Usually a freeze is enough to walk on a few feet from the shore, but no more than an inch of ice at the slip. So I need to be prepared to keep ice off the hull; but there are only a few "high risk" days each year that I would need to address.
I'm interested in peoples experience with bubblers or ice eaters. I know they work, but my concern more specifically is whether having an electric device hanging in the water creates a significant potential for stray current corrosion (my boat is aluminum, so that's a significant concern). It is a private dock with only my boat there and power is usually turned off at the dock, so stray current from neighbors boats is not an issue for me.
I'd appreciate any thoughts or experiences from others. Particularly regarding the stray current issue. Thanks!
I am in the Chesapeake Bay and am considering winterizing in-water in the future. We get enough cold weather that the water freezes over maybe a couple times in a 2 or 3 year period and then it freezes for maybe 4-7 days. Usually a freeze is enough to walk on a few feet from the shore, but no more than an inch of ice at the slip. So I need to be prepared to keep ice off the hull; but there are only a few "high risk" days each year that I would need to address.
I'm interested in peoples experience with bubblers or ice eaters. I know they work, but my concern more specifically is whether having an electric device hanging in the water creates a significant potential for stray current corrosion (my boat is aluminum, so that's a significant concern). It is a private dock with only my boat there and power is usually turned off at the dock, so stray current from neighbors boats is not an issue for me.
I'd appreciate any thoughts or experiences from others. Particularly regarding the stray current issue. Thanks!