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bear
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Initially Posted - 05/13/2013 :  06:44:21  Show Profile
Well getting Brandy launched in April is paying it's price tonite and tomorrow night up here in upstate New York. Going to pump the water ballast out for two nights. Temps to be in the mid 20s where Brandy is docked. I have a digital temp recorder that stores daily highs and low temps both outside and in the cabin. Be interesting. Lake temp is in the mid 50s.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/13/2013 :  10:28:53  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Can you put in some anti-freeze instead? I'd think that if the lake water is in the 50's, you're unlikely to experience freezing in the ballast tank in a couple of days. I'd think you'd need a very cold freezing event of a long enough duration to form ice in your slip to get the temperature inside the ballast tank low enough to freeze, particularly if you run a cabin heater.

Of course, bear in mind I don't have a water ballasted boat, and have never had to worry about this, so take those suggestions/observations with a large grain of salt.
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Jack Schafer
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Response Posted - 05/13/2013 :  20:43:34  Show Profile
I wouldn't worry about the ballast,It will be same temperature as the lake water, however the outboard might be a different story
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Response Posted - 05/14/2013 :  05:38:41  Show Profile
I never could blow the ballast yesterday, wind was blowing to hard to keep vacumn cleaner hose aligned and boat was bobbing around on her lines. Snow flurries hitting my face didn't help either. I believe it stayed cloudy up there last night which helped. Motor was tipped up out of water. THANX for inputs.
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