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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