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Ice Break Out

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Ice Break Out

Postby Daveb500Uk » December 18th, 2017, 4:11 am

Heres a short clip having to break out of ice in our marina to go for a cruise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzGpfGFF0GM&feature=youtu.be
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby km1125 » December 18th, 2017, 11:21 am

Very cool. (actually I was shiverrin when I watched that! :) )

How thick does the ice get there? Are you ever worried about puncturing the hull on an edge?? Do you leave the boats in all winter?
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby Daveb500Uk » December 18th, 2017, 11:59 am

Its unusual to have ice, so this hopefully is a one off this year. We plan to leave the boat in through the winter, although about 1/2 in the marina come out onto the hard. I was worried about a sharp edge, but the temp wasn't low enough to make the ice that hard. I just used the throttle to lift and bounce the bow a little using the weight to cause it to break up. Was more surprised when we came back in after 4 hours out, my track had refrozen, and my berth had a covering. Today has been warmer, so expect the ice to have reduced. This ice was thicker than I thought. In the mid channel it had got thicker, to about 1".
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby bud37 » December 18th, 2017, 3:23 pm

Interesting to see, I guess one of the reasons for my life long obsession with boating was being introduced to it on the Broads when very young.....will be nice to see more of your river....... :beergood:
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby Daveb500Uk » December 19th, 2017, 7:24 am

Here is another clip from further up river.

https://youtu.be/36Dc37IY5sg
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby RGrew176 » December 19th, 2017, 10:59 pm

Great videos, thanks for sharing. Looks like a nice place to own a boat.
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby Viper » December 20th, 2017, 9:12 am

I would take a close look at the gelcoat on your stem at the water line. Ice can get pretty sharp and damage the gelcoat. You don't want exposed glass.
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby RGrew176 » December 21st, 2017, 1:40 am

Viper wrote:Source of the post I would take a close look at the gelcoat on your stem at the water line. Ice can get pretty sharp and damage the gelcoat. You don't want exposed glass.



Good advice as always. Fiberglass boats are not meant for ice breaking. Hopefully there was no damage.
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby Daveb500Uk » December 21st, 2017, 9:12 am

No damage done. The ice was quite soft. We don't have the long deep cold you guys get. Back up to 10 degrees c today.
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Re: Ice Break Out

Postby RGrew176 » December 22nd, 2017, 1:55 am

Glad to hear that.
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