Plenty of boats sit all winter with no heat in Maryland. I have never heard of a thru-hull freezing and cracking even when boats sit locked in ice. Maybe it is possible, but I would not worry too much about it. I like to keep the boat warm because I hate going to do some work in a cold-soaked cabin and it seems to keep the mildew away. My wife is never happy with the electric bill though. Between heat and the ice-eater we were around $60 month last winter.
Joe Della Barba Coquina From: Gary Zuehlke [mailto:garyzueh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:33 AM To: Della Barba, Joe; C&C email list Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter worries Now you have me worried Joe. My heat is set to 50 also and it has been very cold. Good news is everything is winterized but since I'm bubbling, I always worry. One thing to crack a thru hull, another for it to cause the boat to sink! Also got a call from a fellow boater in the area of the marina that said my shrinkwrap experiment didn't work. I wish I would have taken engineering classes instead of accounting classes. On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Had some worry yesterday morning. Our temps here in Maryland would be cold for *January*, let alone November. I usually don’t winterize until around Christmas, so I just turned the heat on the low 500 watt setting and set the thermostat to 50. Apparently it was not enough and when I got to work yesterday I looked at my cabin temp telemetry and it was down to 32 ☹ It warmed up to the 40s during the day at least. I checked last night and nothing had frozen, but I cranked the thermostat to about 80 before I left. The coldest it got last night in the cabin was 51 and it is 55 right now. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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