[Rhodes22-list] Ice Rink

[John Tonjes]

A short length of heat tape would keep the drain open, but the easiest
solution is to apply heat to the lazzerette, as that is where the drain goes
through. I can think of at least a dozen ways to treat this problem. All are
simple and inexpensive.

Rummy

On Jan 9, 2008 7:39 PM, Ronald Lipton <rlipton at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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