[Public-list] Re: winter
Gordon White
gewhite at crosslink.net
Fri Nov 11 09:30:59 PST 2005
I commonly leave Brigadoon II in the water at my pier where I can
look at her. I put a blue tarp over the boom to keep snow and ice from
accumulating in the cockpit. I put pieces of screen over the cockpit
scuppers to keep leaves from clogging them. (pretty big problem). I
find that if I leave the covered main on the boom I need to put
something over the cover, as one winter the tarp flapped enough in the
wind to wear several holes in the sail cover. I do take off the roller
furled genny.
I stick a hose from the engine raw water intake into a bucket of
antifreeze and run the engine until antifreeze comes out the exhaust. I
pump out the head as much as I can and add antifreeze, then pump some
more and add some more.
I find that even if the creek freezes over the ice does not hurt the
boat, even if it's thick enough ice to walk on. Down here in southern
Virginia the water itself is warm enough not to freeze below the surface
and the underwater part of the boat never gets below 32 degrees or so. I
do leave a light bulb on to keep a little warmth in the boat, and the
computerized trickle charger on the batteries.
I pump the water tank dry and put in a little pink (potable) antifreeze.
I cinch everything down so the wind does as little chafe damage as
possible. I top up the two fuel tanks and add preservative, then turn
off the valves at the tanks. One year when I didn't I got a siphoning
thing going that siphoned as lot of fuel out through the vents.
In the spring I change the oil and the antifreeze in the fresh water
side of the engine cooling system. (Diesel)
Anyone have better ideas?
- Gordon White
1131730259.0
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