[Public-list] Ice in the Bilge

5thseason at canada.com 5thseason at canada.com
Tue Feb 1 06:59:04 PST 2005


On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:42:29 -0500, "Mike Lehman" wrote:
Mike
I understand your concern.  At no time was the heater
left unattended, it's sole purpose was to make the cold
boat bearable while using another heater close to the
ice.  Your concern is cwell taken
John Boor
MAHSEER #380
> 
> 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
>  ><((((º>¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <5thseason at canada.com>
> To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Cc: <public-list at alberg30.org>
> 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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