Joe
I had 2 boats in the water for Snowmagedon, Snagglepuss and mr 20' Shamrock. I've now made two passes shovelling them out. The ice you uncovered yesterday may well be melted by the time the new snow starts this afternoon (yeah, really). If it's not my experience is that you will find that it comes free from the cockpit sole, since the sun will warm the interior air and the ice will melt against the sole, you just need to get it started - I use my knife or a screwdriver. Not elegant, but it works. My guess is your best shot will be at noon today, that's as long as the sun is likely to last. PZ -----Original Message----- From: Joe McCary <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Feb 14, 2010 11:23 pm Subject: [IC27A] Snow on my boat Well, here in the DC/Annapolis region we have had 2 back to back blizards. We got about 40" at home and close to that amount at the boat in Shady Side MD. Today I finally made it down to have a look and clear it off. I have a friend who leaves near by and although he could NOT go have a look (250 yards through woods and across a field of 30"+ deep snow was too much to ask of him, he had reported that several boats sunk in the area but to his knowledge no sailboats! I was optimistic. I got my brother to come help and bring his 24" snowblower. First we had to clear a place to park the car in the gravel driveway. Then clear a path through the 200 yards of knee deep snow to the boat. That took about 2 hours! The boat was fine although there was 2' of snow covering the deck & the cockpit was filled to the lower lifeline! After about an hour most of the snow was removed but there remained a few inches of ice on the cockpit sole. I have no idea how to remove that and clear the drains. Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net joe at photoresponse dot com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
