Around Annapolis, on Chesapeake Bay, many boats stay in the water year round or haul every other winter for bottom work, or do a short haul for that. Another group hauls out every Fall, October/November and stores on the hard till April/May and relaunches then. Like Joe said, there is racing somewhere most of the year. Historically, the Bay can freeze over like it did in 1977 and 2014. The shallower areas where we keep our boats, can freeze every year, so we keep bubbler systems running in the winter. We didn't have any ice around the boat the last few years and I don't think the bubbler was even needed, but we keep it powered up and connected to a thermostat, because of years prior. Chuck Scheaffer, 1989 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md
> On 09/02/2025 10:20 AM EDT Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We can go years between seeing any snow that sticks to anything on the island > here. Since we moved to Maryland in 1969 winter prep for boats has changed. > In 1970 most boats were covered or out of the water for winter, now we > usually are out most months. I think January is the only month with no racing. > > > > Joe Della Barba > > > > > > From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 8:48 PM > To: Stus-List <[email protected]> > Cc: Marek Dziedzic <[email protected]> > Subject: Stus-List Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Boat covers > > > > Lucky you. You don’t have to deal with 2.5 – 3 m of snowfall each winter. > > > > Marek > > > > 1994 #122 C270 Legato > > Ottawa, ON > > > > > > > > From: Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <[email protected] > mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 3:00 PM > To: Stus-List <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Della Barba, Joe <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Stus-List Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Boat covers > > > > I haven’t thought about covering the entire boat in decades. What I do is put > a yoga mat over the forward hatch, covered by a 6x6 blue tarp, held down by > the anchor chain lying on it. This insulates the hatch to prevent > condensation landing on the v-berth and my forehead if I am in it while still > allowing the hatch to be opened from inside so the hatch is still an > emergency exit. > > > > Joe Della Barba > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > > Your contributions help pay the fees associated with this list and help to > keep it active. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal at: > https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are greatly > appreciated. >
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