We are in the middle of some of the earliest bad weather for decades here in the UK. Tonight -9c = 16f in my marina....Ouch!
And the country grinds to a halt 'yet again'
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| Author: | beyond the blue [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Arctic conditions here |
We are in the middle of some of the earliest bad weather for decades here in the UK. Tonight -9c = 16f in my marina....Ouch! And the country grinds to a halt 'yet again'
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| Author: | 298VISTA2000 [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arctic conditions here |
That is cold for England. Given your mild winters, do you all even winterize over there? I bet that caught a lot of boaters unprepared (or maybe not). |
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| Author: | beyond the blue [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arctic conditions here |
298VISTA2000 wrote: That is cold for England. Given your mild winters, do you all even winterize over there? I bet that caught a lot of boaters unprepared (or maybe not). No not like you guys do. I have an engine compartment heater controlled by this gizmo that my son knocked up for me.  We have two rivers that flow through the marina twice a day and that normally keeps the water temperature above freezing, I do get worried in case someone unplugs the shore power if it gets really cold. I have found a piece of kit available that will send a text message to my mobile phone should the shore power be disconnected and can also send a text message showing the status of the heater, I can also send a text to it, to switch the heater on and off manually, they cost around couple of hundred pounds, but sounds like it would give piece of mind. |
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| Author: | LouC [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arctic conditions here |
Wow that would be cold even for here at this time of year...we do get cold enough to freeze the salt/brackish water in the harbor behind our house, and our boat's usually winterized by the end of October... As far as winter weather I love my Jeeps and my Toro single stage snowblower.... |
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| Author: | powellcrazy [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arctic conditions here |
our boat was put away a few months ago. This weekend was spend down in Moab with the Jeep crawling some red rock. Today have the snow blower out (Honda) blowing 6-8" of fresh snow. |
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| Author: | Aussie_Horizon_190 [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arctic conditions here |
You need to emigrate to Oz BtB..  Never freezes, 8 month boating season as a minimum, no GFC... what more do you need! |
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| Author: | beyond the blue [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arctic conditions here |
Aussie_Horizon_190 wrote: You need to emigrate to Oz BtB.. Never freezes, 8 month boating season as a minimum, no GFC... what more do you need! WHAT! You don't have any GFC either?... What's GFC? Good luck in the test! |
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