Keeping afloat during the winter

[kunyang]

OK all you knowledgeable types. What are the pros and cons of keeping a boat on the water during the winter months at Itchenor? I'm toying with the idea.

Thanks

Dave


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[powerskipper]

Advantages.
1. pleasure of boating all year./forums/images/icons/smile.gif
2. waters are quieter./forums/images/icons/smile.gif
3. often not charged for lunchtime stops, or they are cheaper./forums/images/icons/smile.gif
4. get to use your old ski wear and wear silly warm hats./forums/images/icons/crazy.gif
5. you rediscover thermal undies,/forums/images/icons/smile.gif
6. get full value out of your water proofs./forums/images/icons/smile.gif
7.you get to use the heating on the boat more/forums/images/icons/wink.gif
8. all the pubs are glad to see you./forums/images/icons/wink.gif
9. NO queues and can get in to Yarmouth on a Friday or Saturday night with out having to get there by 3o.clock/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
10. can't wash the boat down so much as it get covered in ice./forums/images/icons/cool.gif
11. get to do the ice dance on the pontoons./forums/images/icons/blush.gif
12. don't take the covers off , so less work./forums/images/icons/wink.gif
13. great excuse to sit in the pub in the evening saying " Its ain't half cold out there. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif/forums/images/icons/wink.gif
14. Go down memory lane and relive the frozen toes and fingers of your youth./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif


Disadvantages

1.Its cold





and those are just the ones that spring to mind first!!!

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Julie

 

[muminator]

So glad you posted...we're in the same situation, we just paid for mooring in Itchenor Reach til March next year. Looking forward to being able to sail more, but wondering about the cons.

I await more responses with interest...

Sue

PS: Where in Itchenor? We're about halfway between Itchenor and Westlands.

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[Anonymous]

If the boat is GRP and if you don't take her out for four of five months of the year then after some years - typically four or five - the hull moisture level is likely to rise appreciably. This might result in osmosis or simply reduce the value of your yacht on sale. You could consider gel-shielding her before the winter, that should help, or factor in the cost of a full osmosis repair, maybe?

I've been in the habit of leaving mine in over the winter, enjoying the sailing but I paid the price...and I'm about to do it all over again

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[LadyInBed]

Con . . .always undecided as to whether to leave the sails up or take them down after a trip.

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[bob_tyler]

Against - Increased insurance premium

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[chrisD]

Insurance is an issue: I was with GJW for six years but then they wouldn't cover year round mooring in the Itchenor reach. But Navigators were fine about it. The Ferry service doesn't run in winter, but if you can get out on your own its a lovely area on a nice crisp winter weekend. I'm looking forward to it.

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