Shrunk wrapped for winter

[Dancin Dave]

-10 F in Sugarbush up in VT. I should be in Miami.

 

[vetteboy]

Depressing......

 

[dpvandy01]

BooHoo...... I've been wrapped and tucked away in a barn for two months and 3 days
Only
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...th=05&day=01&year=2009&hour=&min=&sec=&p0=413
until the season starts.

But whos counting

 

[37 Dancer]

Yes ..........sad indeed !!!

 

[Half Off]

Dave and Don, do you guys use bubblers or does it not freeze solid where you are?

 

[Stray Cat]

Wrapped up on the water....impressive.

 

[Beer Thirty]

I should have shrank wrapped my boat. I got cheap because i wanted to do work to the boat this winter. I've come to realize it won't fit in my garage and i won't touch it till spring.

Newbie lesson learned. :smt009

 

[Dancin Dave]

Half off

My automatic bubbler is activated at 30 F and shuts off at 40 F
the marina charges 250.00 for the winter plus electric

 

[37 Dancer]

Bubbler for me too......I do mine manually. When I see a skim ice on the canal....I drop it in and plug it in for a while.


OUT....when I don't need it :

IN.....when I do :

 

[Four Suns]

Dave,

I thought you normally moved your boat down to warmer weather so it didn't get that sort of abuse....

 

[Dancin Dave]

Abuse is the correct word... the poor thing.

She is for sale and thought it best to keep her close.

 

[Cuttin' Edge]

That is neat to see that. In our area, only place I know of is Milwaukee Yacht Club that allows boats in the water all winter - I believe there are 2 or 3 boats that usually stay in...2 years ago - went sailing in January on a fluke 60 degree day! It would be nice to keep it in the water...but always just have fears with how cold it gets here...

 

[Weave]

Abuse is the correct word... the poor thing.

She is for sale and thought it best to keep her close.

Upgrade, Downgrade, or getting out all together?:huh:

 

[Banagy]

Went out in the pole barn today to give the boat a hug for the new year. Told her, it will be four months and we hit the water again.

 

[Air O'Nautical]

I vote for Miami also.
I finished shrinkwraping my 400 today with the help of some friends. I am also in the water..little tougher to shrink, but doable.
Bubbler,winterized,and safe heaters on. Ready for winter. But, Come on SPRING!!!

-10 F in Sugarbush up in VT. I should be in Miami.

 

[VTSeaRay]

-10 F in Sugarbush up in VT. I should be in Miami.

Ayup, was skiing at Smuggs yest... a bit nipply... missing the lake! Went down to Burlington yesterday afternoon, the lake's still wide open, but it had white caps (strong northwesterly blowing, maybe 20-30 mph) it looked frigid! 35 degree water.

-VtSeaRay

 

[Dancin Dave]

Weave, I'm looking to grow 10 ft.

Air O', now its time to wash the canvas! 4 hours today I'm halfway there.

Vt.SR , my teen daughter got frost nip on her hand, but loves to ski now. No thanks. It is pretty up there however. I may go back up when its warmer, like 25 above.

 

[rondds]

BooHoo...... I've been wrapped and tucked away in a barn for two months and 3 days
Only
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/...n=&sec=&p0=413
until the season starts.

I LOVE that countdown site. Saved it to my favorites! THANKS!

 

[osd9]

put up a countdown on the first post of the July 4th trip....

 

[fc3]

put up a countdown on the first post of the July 4th trip....

You can't.
The site won't allow in-lining of html or javascript. Very annoying.

The best one can do is to continuously regenerate a jpeg and upload that to a web site. Then reference that JPEG from a post. Very inelegant.

Best regards,
Frank