[Public-list] Ice in the Bilge

[Mike Lehman]

A word of caution about space heaters. My next door neighbor put a small 
electric space heater on his boat (an Islander 32) and set it to its lowest 
setting. As the weather got colder the heater cycled on-off until the 
extension cord melted and set the boat on fire. The fire gutted the entire 
inside of the boat until another neighbor saw the smoke and put the fire 
out. The boat was a total loss. It was 5 feet from my boat in the next slip. 
My neighbor scares me.

Mike Lehman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <5thseason at canada.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Ice in the Bilge


> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:03:50 -0500, "Todd Redhead"
> wrote:
> A friends A30 had this same problem 4 years ago.  Our
> solution was a space heater inside with a smaller
> portable heater were we could move close to the ice add
> heat and then chip away each day until the bilge was
> dry.  The problem was caused by a loop in the deck
> scupper drain hose having a natural water trap and
> during a mid winter thaw/freeze cycle it burst then a
> warm rain filled the boat above the floor boards.  In
> the spring the boat was inspected with no damage to the
> hull. The bilge waste holding tank burst and the fresh
> water tank suffered some ice damge, dont leave this
> until spring do it now until it is dry.  We did remove
> the raw water inlet hose wnd was ok until the ice was
> at the inlet level,  We found that leaving on did not
> melt the ice it just made working in the boat bearable,
> a heater directly to the ice and picking it out worked
> best.  It took the best part oa week to clean the bilge
> out even then with the line in the boat the bilge was
> not completly emp[ty.
> John Boor
> MAHSEER 380
> >
> >
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