Soon be time for peeps to but boats away...

[fergie_mac66]

'lecy blanket

We found a low powered electric blanket to be the answer to winter cruising last winter. We dont keep the heating on overnight as the fuel pump is right next to the midships

we got one a few years ago great addition to the boat !

 

[Bojangles]

Wouldn't dream of missing the winter afloat, some days too cold outside (9th Jan 2010) but cosy inside
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Some days flat calm, (porpoise in background) 13th Feb 2010 (Clyde)
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I do remember when I had a speedboat my insurance (afloat) only lasted from April to end September and that seemed to be the season, maybe thats why some boats dissappear at the start of October

 

[strakeryrius]

I leave mine in all through Winter, and she comes out at the end of January for a couple of weeks for servicing and anti-fouling. December/January period is by far and away the best time to visit places like Lymington that are just way too crowded in the summer.

 

[AndieMac]

I do take the sails off her tho & treat her as a MoBo.

Should read......."I do take the sails off her to clear away the cobwebs and birds nests"....

 

[Poignard]

Each to his own ...

I have wintered afloat only once in 14 years and what put me off was not the cold, which you can do something about, but the long, dark and dreary evenings spent cooped up in a small space with nothing much to do ashore except sit in empty pubs.

 

[AndieMac]

Great photo LZ, is that his dads boat he's pointing to

Your November is equivilent to our May, in terms of seasonal months, and I'm usually 'heading for the hills' by the very end of our last days of Autumn.

 

[Morpheous]

I've got another seal seal gone on an outdrive as a result of crossing a fishing line again. Hoping to keep it going till October then do the winter service early. Out for a week, to service the drives, back in for the winter. We leave a dehumidifier and little oil radiator in the cabin, tube heater in the engine compartment on a thermostatic plug. Seemed ok last year. When we are on board we run the eberspatcher and have an eletric fan heater which will heat the cockpit if covers are on.

 

[lovezoo]

Great photo LZ, is that his dads boat he's pointing to

Yes it is - and he now thinks that all boats he sees are Dad's boat.

 

[25931]

I have wintered afloat only once in 14 years and what put me off was not the cold, which you can do something about, but the long, dark and dreary evenings spent cooped up in a small space with nothing much to do ashore except sit in empty pubs.

Here there's plenty to do - like sailing and , of course , the nights are nothing like so long not to mention being a touch warmer.

 

[Poignard]

Here there's plenty to do - like sailing and , of course , the nights are nothing like so long not to mention being a touch warmer.

If you are trying to make me envious - you have succeeded

 

[PaulGooch]

We only have the boat out once a year, for a week, to enable anti-fouling and servicing etc. Most Winter weekends will see us out trying to catch some nice Cod Had a couple of trips out last Winter when we had to break the ice and snow up in the cockpit to get the doors open.

 

[Scubadoo]

Not me, I always stay in the water until mid Feb and then out for about 5weeks. Winter is one of the best times to go boating, just love the stress free access to any marinas. None of this, will we get a berth stuff.

I find coming out mid Feb for 5 weeks is just about the right time when the temp is starting to go up and makes polishing easier etc.