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existentialsailor
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Initially Posted - 11/19/2004 :  22:18:01  Show Profile
Those of you who haul out in the northern climes, do you remove the compass? What about other instrumentation?
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 11/19/2004 :  22:44:43  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by existentialsailor</i>
<br />Those of you who haul out in the northern climes, do you remove the compass? What about other instrumentation?
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With the exception of pulling my knot meter transducer and installing a blank, all of my instruments are left on the boat for the winter.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/20/2004 :  07:55:57  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dlucier</i>
<br />...pulling my knot meter transducer and installing a blank...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I'm curious... Why?

Mine all stay in--and I see compasses in all boats in the large marina where I store Passage. (The fluid inside is oil.) If I removed the compass, I'd have to remove all of its bedding material, cover the hole with something (properly sealed), and then reverse the process each Spring.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 11/21/2004 :  16:45:33  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I used to remove everything, including instruments and compass, until I helped a friend winterize his Beneteau First 40. He didn't take anything off his boat except sails, with no problems. We live in the UP of Michigan with lots of snow and sub-zero temps. I've left my compass and instruments on the boat ever since. I still strip everything else out though. I haven't had any problems.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 11/22/2004 :  13:26:52  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave Bristle</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dlucier</i>
<br />...pulling my knot meter transducer and installing a blank...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I'm curious... Why?

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I remove my knotmeter transducer and install a blank before I haul out to avoid possible damage to the paddlewheel from the boatyard's Travel lift straps. Over the winter, I leave the blank installed with the transducer laying beside it and, after spring painting and splashing, I safely put the paddlewheel back in.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/22/2004 :  23:11:05  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dlucier</i>
<br />I remove my knotmeter transducer and install a blank before I haul out to avoid possible damage to the paddlewheel from the boatyard's Travel lift straps.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Good point. I'll have to see where the strap marks are (they powerwash on the lift) relative to my paddle wheel.
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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 11/23/2004 :  07:05:13  Show Profile
If you are leaving your boat in the water the other plus to pulling the knotmeter is that it won't grow a layer of algae/slime over the winter. The only other installed instrument I pull is the VHF radio. Otherwise, anything that is not tied to the boat goes home.
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