Boats On Ice!

[Cuttyhunk]

Originally Posted by gtpinhei

Good to know it is possible to survive winter aboard.

My wife is planning to do a masters degree in Boston next year and I am starting to plan for living in winter as we will get stucked there for an entire year.

Don't know if it will be as hard winter as this year but seems acquiring a de-icer won't hurt...

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Look on craigslist in the spring. Or drive around and look at the bulletin boards at the yacht clubs.

But also, if you are going to stay in a marina, often the winter slip fee includes de-icing. My marina puts one in for each double slip section. I have only kept a boat in the water one RI winter. We weren't living aboard, so it was a pain. We had a lot of snow that winter, and I was always going down there and shoveling.

[Dulcesuenos]

Wow and we need our AC on to keep the boat a comfy 72 degrees

[boatpoker]

Photo 1 - Living aboard near Toronto ... ice eater mandatory !
Photo 2 - 55' powerboat delivery, Lake Ontario at Easter. Won't do that again.

[gtpinhei]

Tks Bethflkys! I just started writing to Marinas in the region this past week but haven't got answers yet. Best, Gus

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[Tim R.]

Originally Posted by gtpinhei

Tks Bethflkys! I just started writing to Marinas in the region this past week but haven't got answers yet. Best, Gus Sent from my GT-N7100 using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app

Gus, Constitution marina has a great LA community. Nice shoreside facilities too.

[Nicholson58]

We have a way to deal with the snow/ice here. 9 F below (real not wind chill). At that temperature, the pink stuff turns hard. I just show up after a storm & pop the snow off the tarp. Some auslander asked why we just don't leave it in. Muskegon is on a frozen lake with the channel to Lake Michigan frozen including the outer harbor. We won't see open water until March or April. Last snow in 2012 was in May.