"We're new. You liveaboard year round in CT? Don't you get snow and ice?"
I lived aboard for decades in the NYC area.
Plenty of snow and ice , but snow is a delight as it adds insulation and cuts dock noise.
The hassle is when the slip freezes over , and the dock is using the dock water system to blow air . The bubbles make it sound like you are living in an aquarium .
The easy solution is to turn off the supply at your finger , but turn it back on as you leave the boat. Most time ashore is long enough to thin or remove the ice from lifting a pile, so no harm is done.
It is expensive to set up a boat for winter aboard the OAT can go into minus numbers F and stay for a week and in a severe storm electric can be off at a marina for a week.
Its only time and currency , and the lifestyle is worth it.
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