[Public-List] Keeping engine warm

[Lawrence Morris]

Amen, Brother!!

Larry

On Oct 22, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Mike Lehman wrote:

>
> Do NOT use an electric heater. My next door neighbor placed a small  
> space heater in his Islander 32 a few years ago. He ran a 200'  
> extension cord up to his house and set the heater to its very lowest  
> setting. The temperature dropped to single digits and the heater  
> tried to keep up, but the extension cord, where it bent over the  
> hatch, overheated and caught on fire. With the hatches closed the  
> fire smoldered for hours until the windows melted and added oxygen  
> to the fire. The boat was completely gutted by the fire and was a  
> total loss. He had a diesel so explosion risk was minimal. This all  
> occured within 6 feet of my boat. Our other neighbor saw the smoke,  
> called the fire department, grabbed a fire extinguisher, and ran  
> down to the dock an jumped on the burning boat. He said, when he  
> slid open the main hatch, the backdraft flames reached all the way  
> to the spreaders. Luckily with a single shot from the extinguisher,  
> he put the fire out immediately. Did I mention that the owner was in  
> Hawaii for 6 weeks - he 'winterized' the day before he let. Oh well,  
> at least the engine didn't freeze.
>
> I would use antifreeze and have extra bottles on hand. It only takes  
> a couple of minutes to disconnect the engine intake and put it in a  
> bottle of antifreeze and pump it throught the engine. Mike Lehman   
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> > To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008  
> 11:20:50 -0400> Subject: [Public-List] Keeping engine warm> > Al  
> Adelman wrote> "I would be interested in any suggestions on how to,  
> or how not to, keep our engine warm this winter in Maryland if we  
> are not going to winterize> it so that we can sail frostbite  
> regattas. Any experiences people have had would be welcome."> >  
> Personally I would run anti freeze through it each time. I do not  
> trust BG&E to keep the power on and if it is a gas engine your  
> neighbors wouldn't like your using an electric heater down there.> >  
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