[Rhodes22-list] Fall Haul?

[Robert Skinner]

Bubblers work.

Other considerations re. ice damage are hull shape and salt
content of the water.  Deale may be far enough down the Potomac
so that the wayer is brackish, and produces mushy ice, rather
than the clear black ice you find in a lake.

/Robert Skinner

DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> July 4 is over, so for me it’s time to start thinking of the fall and
> winter, although they’re still far over the horizon.  At our marina I’m  told it’s
> important to get your work order in very early if you plan to have a  haul out
> in the fall - everybody wants to do it at the same time.  Likewise  for a
> spring put-in.  So I’ve started to think about the need to haul  out for the
> winter.
> 
> A prior boat I largely crewed on the Chesapeake used bubblers etc to insure
> that the hull was not encased in ice, or we’d haul it out for the winter.   As
> I recall the issue was expanding ice could damage the hull.
> 
> Last week I meet someone who had a 30' sailboat on the Chesapeake for 10
> years.  He said he never hauled out for the winter, unless he intended to  clean
> and paint the hull.  Ice was not a problem - that is, it never  damaged the
> hull of his boat, there was ice.
> 
> Haul out or not, we’ll have the boat at Deale Md, which is mid-Bay, below
> Annapolis.  I don’t know how much ice they get.  It's at the same  marina the
> guy with the 30' boat used.
> 
> 
> Are there any Chesapeake sailors on the board that could offer some input
> regarding the need to haul out for the winter?  Is just  leaving the boat in the
> water a viable option?  Is the  possibility of ice damage what drives your
> decision?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> DaveL