Who's getting ready to "put it up"?

[Dave S]

Chuck would you be concerned if the power went out that your block would freeze and then crack? Your weather is very similar to ours in SC so I wonder what your feelings are. We usually do not loose our power in the winter but on occasion we have had outages that lasted a five or six hours.

What would plan B be in the event of a power loss or a heater failure? That is my only concern at this point and is what is holding me back from installing the bilge heater.

John thanks for the remarks about the 240. I like the lines on your 210 also.

Thanks Paul

I have a similar situation here but after talking with several folks including the techs at our Marina, everything should be OK when you are wet slipped (I think Chuck is wet slipped) because the water temperature is always in the 40s or above for the most part. In the event of a prolonged outage, you can start your motor and let it fully warm up. When you turn it off the heat from the motor will keep things warm enough for at least a day. It takes a prolonged drop of below freezing temperatures to damage an engine. If there are ongoing concerns about below freezing temperatures with no power, then I plan to drain my block too just to be on the safe side. If you store your boat on a trailer outside, then you really can't rely soley on a bilge heater in the event of a power failure.

 

[BruZerII]

Pulled out yesterday and I winterized today :smt089 :smt089 :smt089

 

[chuck1]

Paul,

Looks like Dave beat me to it. Yes I do slip it. Plan B if power went out for a long time and the lake was icing up would take one of my small generators like my Honda 1000 to the boat. Boy I hope I never have to worry about plan B :smt043