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Wahoo
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Initially Posted - 12/06/2001 :  03:10:32  Show Profile
Living in generally sunny Phoenix (where the sailing season is about the reverse of the rest of the county - starts about September and goes until it gets too hot around the start of summer) and new to keeping a boat in a slip, what sage advice can be off
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  07:05:31  Show Profile
Ron,

I don't think you have anything to worry about, I live on Toms River (a fresh water river in NJ). It takes about 3-5 day of constant temperature below freezing for the river to freeze. With regards to the outboard motor, keep the engine out of t
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  10:35:43  Show Profile
Ron - I keep my boat on an inland lake in Central Texas. We get maybe 5 frost nights a winter - and rarely is it a hard freeze. If your boat is in the water the hull temperature is going to be higher than the air temp. - so you really DON'T need to worry!
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jm
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  13:02:25  Show Profile
Here in Canada, I've added a bubbler system to keep the water from freezing around my hull (the theory being, moving water can't freeze)
and I've added a block heater to my outboard engine to keep both the residual cooling water and engine oil nice and
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  13:07:13  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I agree with the other two posts above. I keep my boat in Puget Sound. On three occations I have seen it cold enough to freez the top of the salt water. I use a small electric heater on board that has a frost setting. If the boat gets to cold inside it co
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  14:50:49  Show Profile
JM - your post information is the reason I no longer live in manitoba...:)
Derek in warm S.Texas
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  14:56:09  Show Profile
Hi Ron,

We keep our C25 in the water year round on lake near Dallas. Since our purchase of the boat four years ago we have followed the previous owner's recommendations for winterizing -- don't leave any soft drinks or bottled water in the cabin. Oth
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Shelby
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Response Posted - 12/06/2001 :  20:44:39  Show Profile
Ron, I slip my C25 on Lake Pleasant (for those that don't know, its near Phoenix). My boat was in the slip all last winter and never had a problem, as someone else stated, the water is warmer than the air during the cool parts of the night, so shouldn't b
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Wahoo
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Response Posted - 12/07/2001 :  10:25:51  Show Profile
Shelby: see you at Pleasant. Thank you and all others for the replies allaying my chilly concerns.

Ron Reinsel C-25 Hoo's Here #3992
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