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Winter decision
- pwillis@mail.com
- Scurvy Dog
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- Location: Georgetown Yacht Haven, Georgetown, MD
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Winter decision
- km1125
- Admiral
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Re: Winter decision
Are your engines raw water or freshwater cooled?
If you plan on staying on the boat overnight, you might consider a heated blanket. I was surprised how much of a difference that made in the early and late seasons when we stayed on the boat. You don't have to get the whole boat 'cozy warm' to still be comfortable.
- g36
- Admiral
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- Vessel Info: 1997 Carver 405
- Location: Soddy Daisy TN.
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Re: Winter decision
Crusader xli
The Black Pearl
Soddy Daisy Tn.
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- CYO Supporter
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- Vessel Info: 1998 Carver 355
Suspicious Fishes !
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Re: Winter decision
I do not keep my boat in the water, but i will offer some advice.
I would winterize just as you do when you pull the boat.
Heat pumps remove heat from the water to heat your boat. When the incoming water is 32 degrees or less, there isn't much heat to remove, and what is removed will cause the water to freeze in your condenser if the unit does not shut off on low pressure first. So don't count on using them in Late December and January. For the domestic water, most of the lines run in parts off the boat that are unheated and usually are strapped to the hull sides in various places, so they will be at the same temp as outside the hull. For the engines, if fresh water cooled you only have to worry about the raw water side. Again this is all in the bilge in unheated space, so you are at risk of freezing manifolds, raw water pump, lines and mufflers.
And you of course can't count on the power never going out over the winter.
Maybe I am just too paranoid!
- Aflix
- Scurvy Dog
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Aqua Fiber 42 1976 - Location: Nashville
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Re: Winter decision
- g36
- Admiral
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Re: Winter decision
Aflix wrote:Source of the post Hi All....Im, in Nashville at Rock Harbor. I am also keeping the boat in the water as a live aboard, whether I am here or not. My house is only 15 minutes away - I have full intention to use the boat as much as possible through the winter...thoughts?
Im ijust north of chattanooga, Did you read my post above? Ways to monitor it via wifi. Imo keeping the boat in the water over winter can be done in certain places. If you have some safeguards in place to either monitor it continuously or winterize parts of it but there's always some risk. We don't get the extended cold like up north so imo Tennessee winter is easy enough to do.
Crusader xli
The Black Pearl
Soddy Daisy Tn.
- mjmason1
- Deck Hand
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- Vessel Info: 1999 Carver Voyager 530
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Re: Winter decision
- pwillis@mail.com
- Scurvy Dog
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- Joined: March 21st, 2023, 10:24 am
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- Location: Georgetown Yacht Haven, Georgetown, MD
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Re: Winter decision
- g36
- Admiral
- Posts: 1945
- Joined: April 7th, 2014, 6:07 pm
- Vessel Info: 1997 Carver 405
- Location: Soddy Daisy TN.
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Re: Winter decision
Crusader xli
The Black Pearl
Soddy Daisy Tn.
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- Admiral
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- Vessel Info: 1995 Carver 330 Mariner
Twin 350XL Crusaders
Home port: Menominee, MI - Location: Green Bay, WI
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Re: Winter decision
( All weather people have to say this on air, near lakes )
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