[Public-List] Keeping engine warm

[John Birch]

I've heard of more fires caused on unattended boats in yards using electric 
heaters than any other source including vandals.

I can't imagine using one.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Keeping engine warm



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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a30240 at earthlink.net> 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 
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