Harbor freezing over

[B BARKER]

Our harbor froze over last night and a thin layer if ice about 1/4" is all around boat should I start breaking it up or will that just make it worse. I have never had to deal with this before ?? One more night of freezing and its warming up to the 40's and 50's and rain for a couple of days...

 

[Little Ducky]

I would just leave it since it's going to be above freezing today and for the rest of the week.

 

[hottoddie]

Don't worry about it. Where we are there are 25 boats in the water all winter and at time the ice can get a foot thick. We control the ice with "ice eaters" but in the 10 years if been here no boats have had damage caused by the ice.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Nah, the ice won't hurt anything on your boat/hull. You don't have anything to worry about. Some boats stay in the water with ice much thicker than 1/4".

 

[Dancin Dave]

The ice was 3" thick last week by the end of the cyclone bomb. My insurance company requires 2 bubblers for my size boat so I would imagine any boat that is insured would require at least 1.

 

[Dancin Dave]

 

[Dancin Dave]

Take a look up stream, no bubblers. Imagine a boat tied to that dock.