Overnight was around freezing and this morning the high was +1, and by this afternoon, the mercury was to drop to -8. I HAD to get the snow and especially the water out of the boat.
Went down after watching the Canadian Mens Hockey Team win Gold at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
With a plastic shovel, I removed the snow from the cockpit and cabin. I got a ceramic heater going to melt some of the remaining snow and ice.
The bilge and the two port seats that connect to it had 3" of water with 1/4" of ice on top of it. I had to break up the ice, gather it in a bucket and throw it over board. Using my battery powered shopvac, I took 12 gallons of water out of the bilge. If that water had frozen, it would have cracked the fiberglass in the bilge area.
Also had to remove ice/water from the starboard bench, and the port aft locker.
Took about two hours.
Next year I shrink wrap!
UPDATE
I went to check on Iris yesterday as well - missed seeing you there! Its been so windy this winter that no snow has had a chance to gather on the tarp. (Or someone has been helping me out and knocking the snow off the boat) Pretty amazing!
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