Re: Stus-List cockpit drains freezing

[Dr. Mark Bodnar via CnC-List]

I've noticed the snow sticking to my canvas cover this winter. I'm wondering about putting some of the silicone water proofing that is used on tents on the cover in the spring - hoping to make it a bit more "slippery".  Ideally it will shed snow more easily, important if I'll be keeping the boat a little further away from home next winter. Mark There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. - George Santayana On 2015-02-24 9:25 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List wrote: Mike   You have just made the pain / hassle of installing and then maintaining a winter cover seem very much more worthwhile to me.  I am constantly worrying about the weight of the snow on my deck at home, at my mom’s place and on roofs this year.  Now on top of that on my boat cover.  So far has only been one week where I had to spend hourseclearing snow off the boat cover and reinforcing the frame – since then has been ok.   One interesting tidbit I learned this year is that snow sticks to the custom canvas covers much more readily than shrink wrap covers.  Shrink wrap might be an option for you to try in the future for this reason ..   Mike Persistence Frers 33 Halifax, NS – in the midst of a “freeze” portion of freeze thaw cycle   From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of mike amirault via CnC-List Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 7:09 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List cockpit drains freezing   NS has seen many freeze thaw cycles this winter. After a fairly substantial rainfall this weekend, I found the bilge on my C&C 33mkii was full to the top. This seemed like too much water to have run down the mast so I investigated and found that one of the hoses on my cockpit drains was frozen solid and popped the hose off the barbs of the drain. My boat is not covered at this time(tarp was sagging too much) so there is a lot of water in the cockpit.  I'm thinking there may be a low spot in the hose causing water to freeze there rather than draining. The drains on my C&C are criss-crossed, i.e., port drainst to stbd, &stbd to port. Just wondering how other owners in a freezing climate deal with this issue? _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com

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