Winter Liveaboard - Kingston, Ontario

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, TJ.

[erincarey]

Originally Posted by witchcraft

Ok I live aboard in Kingston Ontario. The ice in the harbour is not crushing anyones boat not even those without bubblers ( more properly called agitators). We provide our own agitators not the marina. Most of us run electric heaters although not all, we have a deisel for back up, and our oven does a good job too if need be. In the eight years we have been doing this ( not all of it in Kingston) we have never suffered a power outage. We build a little *house* over the cockpit, add extra insulation to the appropriate places apply heat and there we are. Frankly I lived a few year in an old farmhouse which was far colder.
It was -28C recently, my biggest complaint was having to go out to work. I would rather have stayed in, that would not have different in a house. One needs to arrange the slip well in advance as space is often limited here...there is a surprising number of marinas with winter live aboards in Ontario.
check us out. you could always pm if you wanted a visit.

Hi Witchcraft, I'm a 23 yearround liveaboard and looking for the option in Kingston / Gananoque with a possible move there. Can you please email me at erindeannacarey@gmail.com? I'm looking to relocate my senior Mom and my work somewhere where she and I can be in the same town so I can take care of her as she further ages (she's 86 now) and I can stay on my sailboat solo still for winters. Thanks!

[Jocularity]

Could you PM or email me regarding living aboard in Kingston? I'm making the move this summer once house sells, have been a Kingstonian for sometime and am finally pulling the trigger on a life on water.

Any information is appreciated in terms of tips/tricks, Yada Yada.

If you do not reply, I understand. Don't want to take to much of your time. Just a few specific questions about how to go and whereabouts to go.

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Originally Posted by witchcraft

Ok I live aboard in Kingston Ontario. The ice in the harbour is not crushing anyones boat not even those without bubblers ( more properly called agitators). We provide our own agitators not the marina. Most of us run electric heaters although not all, we have a deisel for back up, and our oven does a good job too if need be. In the eight years we have been doing this ( not all of it in Kingston) we have never suffered a power outage. We build a little *house* over the cockpit, add extra insulation to the appropriate places apply heat and there we are. Frankly I lived a few year in an old farmhouse which was far colder.
It was -28C recently, my biggest complaint was having to go out to work. I would rather have stayed in, that would not have different in a house. One needs to arrange the slip well in advance as space is often limited here...there is a surprising number of marinas with winter live aboards in Ontario.
check us out. you could always pm if you wanted a visit.