[Rhodes22-list] Ice Rink

[Ronald Lipton]

Bubblers can keep small areas of backyard ponds ice free even here in the
frozen north. 

I had a cockpit cover made several years ago and I love it.  It keeps 
the cockpit
relatively clean and eliminates a lot of the water that made it's way to 
the bilge.
I am on a mooring so I can't hose down the boat regularly and the cover 
also
keeps the spiders and other lower life forms more under control.

Ron


Brad Haslett wrote:
> 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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