[Rhodes22-list] Ice Rink

[Brad Haslett]

Leland,

Bubblers, Smubblers!  Even rivers freeze over in the North.  Aint't but one
thing gonna save your ass - HEAT!  You don't need that much 'lessen' the
'lectricity' go off.  That is another issue and one I worry about every
winter.

Brad


On Jan 9, 2008 2:20 PM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

>
> Ron,
>
> Another interesting idea.  I'm not real familiar with pumps or bubblers.
> Can I assume that no one manufacturers a bubbler for a one inch drain?
>  Can
> I assume that someone makes a sump pump with a small hose that I can stick
> into the cockpit drain?  I don't want to continually pump the Chesapeake
> out
> through the drain, so can a sump pump push air out and be used as a
> bubbler?
> I thought about buying a bubbler for the whole boat, but I'm not sure if
> that would prevent the icing problem in the cockpit drain.
>
> I'm not really too worried about the ice rink.  It may not happen again
> and
> if it does I doubt that it will cause any damage before I get to it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lee
>
>
> Ronald Lipton wrote:
> >
> > You could use a small pump to provide a local bubbler into the drain
> area.
> > That should keep it from freezing without a fire hazard.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > Leland wrote:
> >> Decided to take a chance and leave my boat in the water this winter.
> >> Most of
> >> the local watermen do it along with plenty of other boaters.  With four
> >> foot
> >> seasonal tides, mushy salt water ice, and global warming; I figured it
> >> was a
> >> low-risk plan.
> >>
> >> Discovered that the water in the cockpit drain will freeze before the
> >> Chesapeake does.  Visited the boat last week and found a little ice
> >> skating
> >> rink in the cockpit.  It quickly melted with the unseasonally warm
> >> temperatures we've had the last few days, but now I'll have to visit my
> >> boat
> >> more often to ensure her safety.  At least that's what I told my wife.
> >>
> >> Lee
> >> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> >> Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
> >>
> >
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