Too late to winterise???

[lexer440]

 

[garbageguy]

Re: Too late to winterise???

I think it IS winterized

 

[bigdirty]

Re: Too late to winterise???

"boating in northern Canada"

What, eh? :laugh:

 

[Brian 26]

Re: Too late to winterise???

LONG winters up here in MN, people looking for any excuse to get outside.

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: Too late to winterise???

That will be on crags list in the spring.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Too late to winterise???

That will be on crags list in the spring.

Listed as a "well preserved ski boat". :laugh:

 

[MikeB0307]

Re: Too late to winterise???

"Fresh water boat only used seasonally!"

 

[roffey]

Re: Too late to winterise???

Ice fishing... seems to be having some luck... LOL

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: Too late to winterise???

"Fresh water boat only used seasonally!"

Funny !!!

 

[Tim Frank]

Re: Too late to winterise???

"boating in northern Canada"

What, eh? :laugh:

No....that's Southern Canada....

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Too late to winterise???

Good day eh!?

So like the tires on the Oldsmobile froze to the ground so we tried to take the boat out to get some more beer eh!?

Doug and Bob McKinzie

 

[phillyg]

Re: Too late to winterise???

Not at all. Doesn't look like temps were below 30 degrees for more than one night.

 

[a2dubnut]

Re: Too late to winterise???

"Yes officer, I was trying to get in that last run of the season. I swear, it was 50 deg. out this morning!"

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: Too late to winterise???

I went out to my lake a few days ago, so I can add these, I am very glad my boat is at home.

 

[Starcraft5834]

Re: Too late to winterise???

wow.. there was a thread a while back about this and if that was a problem........somethings got to get crushed I would think..

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Too late to winterise???

the hard freezes caught a lot of areas by surprise, so there will be a lot of boats that ordinarily would not need freeze protection that will be damaged--and I don't think we should be too hard on those guys.

There may be some hope, though, in the fact that the freezes were relatively short lived, which may minimize damage you'd see from long-term freezing temps. Surface ice on the water may not be thick enough to hurt anything; temps inside the engine block are higher than outside air--for a while.

 

[greenbush future]

Re: Too late to winterise???

I wonder if this would be covered under a standard insurance policy? Living in Michigan, we never have to guess, you either do it (winterize) or you don't. I guess if I even had a remote concern of freeze, I'd be yanking the boat and prepping it for a freeze. But perhaps they don't all have trailers either.
I also do agree that an inch of ice doesn't mean you have a cracked block, the water could actually insulate to some degree. Just not on top? Heck a light bulb in the engine box will stop a lightly freezing situation.