End of Season

[derekgillard]

Well it is almost the end of my first season, My beloeved Sadler is off to the yard, in two weeks for Osmosis treatment.

You only have to remove items from below the water line say the yard, the rest is up to you. What am I to do strip the boat out or leave it all where it is?

The Skipper I have sailed with for the last 10 years took every thing, and I mean every thing off his boat EVERY winter even the LOO paper (all 20 rolls as we always brought new ones every weekend we went on board some thing to do with his cooking and no fridge on board)

What did he do with it all when he got home? Well it all went in his garage and got as damp as it would have on the boat the loo paper was never used for what it was intended for. Is this a long established tradition I should continue or should I be brave and do my own thing?

I look to all you old sailors to help me with sound advice, I will of course believe every thing you say.

DEL BUOY

 

[tonyleigh]

If it's a double-skin Sadler you can get away with leaving a lot on board. Anything shut up smells musty though. Why not simply take everything home, put sheets and ropes in the washing machine, berth cushions around the house, bits for varnishing in the spare bedroom, hose sails on the washing line then drape them around the bedroom for a week to thoroughly dry, pile all the pans, cutlery, plates etc on the draining board (and a few shackles) leave the torn ensign by the sewing machine, then empty the kitchen cupboard of cleaning materials and go back to the boat - - - - while your wife calls Relate!!!! Like the rest of us!

 

[gunnarsilins]

Strange habit this is....

....to completely empty the yacht. I keep mine afloat all year round, despite the fact she freezes in at least a month or two every winter.
But as long as there is no ice I sail as much as I can, and when the water freezes and we´re stuck, my wife and I still spend a lot of weekends on board. (No seasickness guaranteed)

So we are not taking a single item from the yacht for storing at home. We leave charts, cushions, canned food, books, bedclothing, wet gear......everything on board. Even the loo paper.

I have a heating system with water radiators and the thermostate kicks in the electrical heater when temperature is below +5 centidegrees. When on board we of course go for the diesel burner instead.
I have plenty of ventilation, keep all doors and hatches open and keep all cushions standing on their edge.
Absolutely no problems with mildew, bad smells etc.

And the yacht in not a super-winterized Swedish Polar Cruiser. She´s just a simple Moody 42 from -77, everything original apart from the heater system, with 18 radiators spread out evenly in the whole yacht and a 9 kW diesel heater.

 

[Guest]

When I crane my boat out I drop the mast and use it as a tent pole for a large tarpaulin which forms a tent over the entire boat. I leave the ends of the tent open to allow airflow and leave a couple of ports open. The boat stays bone dry - and all the external woodwork dries out completely too and no festering puddles in the cockpit. I leave nearly everything on board - except expensive stealables and it all stays dry.

This arrangement allows me to retreat into the main cabin and brew up a cuppa and warm myself up when I have had enough of working outside.