Mike, my drains were frozen yesterday with several inches of water in the cockpit, but it was a one time occurence, so I put a small heater in the lazarette and let the hose/seacock thaw. Where you are I would thing a cockpit cover would be prudent
Joel 35/3 The Office Annapolis On Monday, February 23, 2015, mike amirault via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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? > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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