Winterizing in TN.

LSP · Post by **LSP** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:18 pm

....where's the love?

Tuck · Post by **Tuck** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:43 pm

LSP wrote:....where's the love?

teh?

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:50 pm

wowzer52 wrote:Ready123, if you go to http://www.weather.msn.com and put in the city you want and scroll down to the chart that gives all the yearly info and put your curser on any month it will give you all the yearly info in detail including temps for that particular month.

I lack the ability to transfer that data to what I really am asking about... what is the low temperature effect on a boat cooling system sitting in water at that time of year.... just because the air temperature is freezing does not mean that the water in my engine will also be freezing.
From what I have seen mentioned here I would not worry about living aboard a boat there in Winter..... the chances of freezing the cooling water and water lines seems quite low. An unusual extended cold snap is easy to deal with, constant low temperatures are not.

larglo · Post by **larglo** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:30 am

Ready123,

The one thing I can say for certain is that there were several people who lived on there boats both at Four Corners marina and where I'm at now, Fate Sanders marina.
I was told at Four Corners, a fellow has lived on his 34' cruiser for the pass 5 years, and I know of several people who live in their houseboats, year round.

I had buyers remorse after ordering the cabin heater, having to pay that much money for it, but I'm feeling better about it knowing the engine will be safe. After all, if the engine is damaged, we would not have the funds to repair it, that's for sure.

Larry

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:52 am

larglo wrote:Ready123,
The one thing I can say for certain is that there were several people who lived on there boats both at Four Corners marina and where I'm at now, Fate Sanders marina.
I was told at Four Corners, a fellow has lived on his 34' cruiser for the pass 5 years, and I know of several people who live in their houseboats, year round.
I had buyers remorse after ordering the cabin heater, having to pay that much money for it, but I'm feeling better about it knowing the engine will be safe. After all, if the engine is damaged, we would not have the funds to repair it, that's for sure.Larry

Thanks for the confirmation of my impression....
I think your heater will leave you with a good risk situation and allow you to sleep better at night. Look at it as Insurance and you may save some car fuel $$ by not having to drive to look at the boat every time the mercury drops.
Next step is to setup a monitoring system that will call you when the power supply to the heater goes out.

larglo · Post by **larglo** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:41 pm

Next step is to setup a monitoring system that will call you when the power supply to the heater goes out.

ready123,

Do you have this setup? How is this done? This would be great, if the cost is not to high,, but here again, if it saves the engine, it would be worth it! I will look into it.
Thanks for the info.

Larry

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:05 pm

Google search gives several:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&num= ... f&oq=&aqi=

http://www.temperatureguard.com/vm502.htm goes for $199.
Some can monitor more than one thing, water, heat, cold etc:.... Maybe you should cancel the heater and just go with an alarm system? Lower running costs.

g36 · Post by **g36** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:58 pm

if a remote monitoring system is in your mind this cellular based system would also work if a land base phone is not on your dock. heres a resonable priced version
http://www.boatsensesolutions.com/products.html