Thursday, January 12, 2017

Brief Winter Maintenance



Hi all,
This winter – so far – has been pretty snowy.  I’ve been out to Snickerdoodle a few times already to remove the snow that has accumulated during each winter storm that has blown through.
Snow – even though it looks and feels light and fluffy when it falls – is actually pretty heavy.  My brother Bob sent me the following photo of a friend’s 30-foot boat after several inches of snow had been removed.  Notice the ice-balls that are frozen to where the waterline was and how much the boat has risen out of the water after the snow was removed.




The weather forecast for the next seven days indicates a warm-up with temperatures near 40F and the possibility of rain.  Remember that 40-degree temp is the high.  It’ll take all day to get to that high and shortly thereafter, the sun goes down and so does the temp.  Those temps will melt a little of the snow off your boat… but not much.  The rain though will add a lot of weight as it is collected in the snow and subsequently freezes as night-time temps fall below freezing.
So, I’d say it would be a great time (if you haven’t already) to head out to your boat and sweep her off before the rain comes.  That way the rain will flow off instead of freezing in the accumulated snow.  While you are at your boat, be sure to check inside too.  Water has a wonderful tendency to seep into any open container it can find – including the unsuspecting boat.  And, there is all kinds of problems that water inside your boat over the winter can cause. 
See you at the lake…..



















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