[Rhodes22-list] Ice Rink

[elle]

Lee,

I'm also in the water for the winter...just off the
Potomac, VA side...you could heave an anchor from
Solomons & hit my mast  ;^)..

I have a bubbler that goes in the water when the temps
are predicted to drop below 35 deg...I set the timer
to run several times per hour  for a few min each
time, thermostat set for 32 deg. If the conditions of
time & temp are met, the bubbler runs....I've had no
probs so far (knock...) w/ ice in the cockpit
drain....this also keeps ice from 'creasing' the
paint...Last week there was considerable ice across
the entire creek...but the boat & surrounding water
were ice free.

This, however, is probably one of the more $$
solutions....

elle 
--- John Tonjes <r22rumrunner at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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