Trojan Boat Forum

We don't have to worry about this very often in Northeast Florida. It is unusual to get much below 30 degrees and then only for a few hours overnight. For the next 4 nights we will have freezing temps for 10-12 hours a day down to a low of 20-22. In the past years I have installed a light fixture with a 100 watt bulb in the engine compartment and ran a 60 watt lamp in the cabin. Will this keep my lines and engine from freezing? Oh, and I keep the boat on the trailer backed into a covered storage site (open sides). Do I need to do more and if so , what? Please hurry, as it should be below freezing by 10 pm. Thanks, Roy. 1978 Trojan F26.

Salt water in the block is unlikely to get very solid in that time.... what may be more of a concern is small diameter fresh water piping such as water lines.

I have a raw water colled engine that I flush with fresh after use. Should I consider putting a heater in the boat? I have one that has the cutoff-when-tipped- feature?

Start it up and flush out the fresh water with salt if your going to get below freezing . salt water won't freeze till about 28 (varying with salt content ) the flush it out again with fresh a few days with salt water won't hurt .


opps your on a trailer heater time use somthing safe reg heaters spark so don't use them in the engine room.A light bulb is not 100% but would be safer