Is your boat in or out this winter

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Hi se will be on the water all winter and use seas the day regular and sleep over so how many of you do the same or store on the hard until next season,roy
 
Mine was regularly used last winter, webasto heater coped well. 500W dimplex heater in forward cabin had just enough power to keep chill off air.

Used boat on water when weather permitted.

Anders
 
Out for essential maintenance and first look at the under side for me. I have to change several of the seacocks, and I am looking at using the plastic Marlon / Forespar ones, so no more bonding on the new ones.

But I prefer to stay afloat - the water is always above freezing so the lower half of the boat is also kept warmer, whereas ashore the whole boat will be surrounded by cold air in the depths of winter, so more prone to freeze problems with the plumbing etc.
 
First year ever leaving on the water as we now have a boat more 'suited' to year round use. Probably lift her out for a month in February for servicing & antifoul etc.
 
Mine will be in the water all year round as usual,but wont actually be used from November to may.

Will come out for a service etc in April.
 
Ours will be out of the water for a few months again.

We don't have much to do to the boat this year, just the usual drive service, anitfoul and polish, but we plan to move house next year so we have plenty of jobs to do at home which will use up our spare time. May as well leave the boat ashore whilst we are not using it.
 
I only bought my boat on 1st November last year, so my first 12 months of berthing fees are up soon. The marina want me to decide between keeping in in the water or dry stack from 1st November to 31st March and from then on berthing fees will be billed annually in line with their usual practice.

I am tempted to dry stack just over the winter as the price difference for this 5 month period is only £200 or so which is similar to the price to lift my boat out for maintenance anyway.

My questions is whether what we would need to do in terms of winterising the boat if it is on dry stack - whilst last year I didn't need to do too much as it was in the water, if it is on dry stack I presumably need to think about draining fluids? What would need doing? And what if I wanted to use it say once a month on a nice day - would I have to 'de-winterise' and 'winterise' each time?
 
superheat6k said:
Out for essential maintenance and first look at the under side for me. I have to change several of the seacocks, and I am looking at using the plastic Marlon / Forespar ones, so no more bonding on the new ones.

But I prefer to stay afloat - the water is always above freezing so the lower half of the boat is also kept warmer, whereas ashore the whole boat will be surrounded by cold air in the depths of winter, so more prone to freeze problems with the plumbing etc.
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Have you looked at the TruDesign range?
 
Out this winter but mainly because I only got her a few moths ago and after loads of interior jobs done I want to do several things to the hull.
 
I'm going to stay in the river. Rightly or wrongly I want to keep the engines going regularly rather than laying up on the hard. When I had a trailerable boat every year coming out of winterization always presented itself with a plethora of issues created by laying up and non use
 
BruceK said:
I'm going to stay in the river. Rightly or wrongly I want to keep the engines going regularly rather than laying up on the hard. When I had a trailerable boat every year coming out of winterization always presented itself with a plethora of issues created by laying up and non use
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how do you deal with freezing ,as we leave heaters in the engine
 
Drain the raw water and empty strainers and impellors. Check antifreeze coolant. Drain the water tanks and holding tanks. As the boat is in the water the engine bay will stay above freezing anyway, even if only just. When last did the river ice over? I am not as concerned about frost damage in the river as much as being out.

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BruceK said:
Drain the raw water and empty strainers and impellors. Check antifreeze coolant. Drain the water tanks and holding tanks. As the boat is in the water the engine bay will stay above freezing anyway, even if only just. When last did the river ice over? I am not as concerned about frost damage in the river as much as being out.

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you are not using her then
 
Draining the raw water is a 10 minute job Roy. It's no biggie and doesn't add much time to the general engine checks that get performed when starting up or shutting down, .....oil, coolant, filter, hydraulic fluids etc. It always takes nearly an hour from hitting the berth to leaving anyway. I don't plan on spending too many if any nights onboard in the depth of winter, just day trips as and when as I'm more concerned about condensation in the cabins and black mold during those times.
 
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