www.iFourWinns.com

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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Beyond the Blue

"If we improve with age I'm now excellent"


Ex 1998 238 Vista 5.0Gi SX DP
Lexus RX300

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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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

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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Beyond the Blue

"If we improve with age I'm now excellent"


Ex 1998 238 Vista 5.0Gi SX DP
Lexus RX300

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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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

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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2000 248 5.7L DP
'92, '94 SXI 750, '08 STX 15F, '12 Ultra LX 300
Videos

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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Alec

2006 Horizon 190
VP 4.3GL/SX, Sunsport

WHAT! You don't have any GFC either?... What's GFC?

Good luck in the test!

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Beyond the Blue

"If we improve with age I'm now excellent"


Ex 1998 238 Vista 5.0Gi SX DP
Lexus RX300