[Rhodes22-list] Winter Wax

[Bill Effros]

I also pulled my boat around Nov. 1, and was thrilled to do so.

I like to get a winter coat of wax on my boat, and really clean it up 
before putting it away.  I like to visit my boat all winter, and try to 
do all those little jobs that I can't get done when the other option is 
sailing.

If I clean up my boat each fall, setting it up the following spring 
takes a quarter of the time.

There are always nice days after Nov. 1, and I find I take great 
pleasure in being out in them, taking care of all the little things that 
bothered me when I was out on the water.

There are a couple of nice days each winter, and I go out to my boat 
whenever the weather is nice to take care of things, sit on board, 
straighten up, listen to the stereo, bask in the winter sun.  I no 
longer empty my boat each fall, as I have removed most of the junk over 
the years, and now have on board almost exclusively the stuff I want to 
have on board.  It does not build up over the course of a season.

I leave batteries and water on board.  Not full tanks, due to expansion, 
but enough to wash dishes and clean up.  I take soda cans off because 
they will explode.  Never had any problems in this climate with this 
procedure and it makes setting up the boat much simpler.  I remove my 
rudder and motor only so they won't tempt kids. 

If I want a longer season, I can put my boat into the water earlier.  
The only real constraints are having weather warm enough to apply bottom 
paint and wax.

Bill Effros

Michael D. Weisner wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> Maybe you should have come up to LIS.  Weather was rain & wind but 
> temps were close to 70 today!  Tomorrow, the mercury will barely make 
> it to the mid 40s, according to NOAA.  It has been warm since 
> Thanksgiving, too bad we had to pull the R22 before Nov 1.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com> Friday, December 01, 2006 5:50 PM
>> We,,. the cold front has finally reached us in SC. We were in the upper
>> sixties today and will drop down into the thirties tonight. Winds 
>> today were
>> extreme with a recorded gust at 39. I know this is nothing compared 
>> to all the
>> snow and ice that our northern brothers received, but this is the 
>> first really
>> cold snap we've had.
>>
>> Rummy
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