whos got the most snow on your boat

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soldier1964

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Jul 8, 2012
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come on topcat, thats not snow. thats the cottony stuff you put underneath the christmas tree..;) i use the same stuff just so i can keep buying new toys....
 
Maine Sail

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We got 13" of wet heavy stuff yesterday and about 30" a few weeks ago, but none of it is on the boat.. A good cover design sheds it......;)
 
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sd1953

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Nov 8, 2012
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Endeavour 38 Center Cockpit Ft. Pierce
s**w is a dirty four lettered word and if y'all keep using it I'm gonna tell!
 
dscribner

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Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
Tim has it! I still have about 6" on the cover. Today was about 40 degrees so lots of it melted. But that means that I now have huge dome shaped blocks of ice sitting in the sagging spots of the cover. Not fun to get out, but with another storm coming on Saturday . . . Hey, it's Maine. What should I expect?
 

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May 27, 2004
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dscribner said:
Tim has it! I still have about 6" on the cover. Today was about 40 degrees so lots of it melted. But that means that I now have huge dome shaped blocks of ice sitting in the sagging spots of the cover. Not fun to get out, but with another storm coming on Saturday . . . Hey, it's Maine. What should I expect?
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Don, the next storm will be here Wed.

We had a little pile up last night but I knocked it off and the rest melted today. We ate lunch under the clear shrink wrap in 85 degrees today.
 
topcat0399

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Maine Sail said:
We got 13" of wet heavy stuff yesterday and about 30" a few weeks ago, but none of it is on the boat.. A good cover design sheds it......;)
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If I had left the poppytoppy down it would shed all the snow but - its so much better going in and out with he top up. Next year I'll plan for that better.

next year next year always next year.....
 
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JohnS

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Sep 25, 2008
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Islander (Wayfarer/McGlasson) 32 St Georges Harbor
Not typically a contender here in MD, but usually we get SOME snow. It's almost march and I haven't even dug my shovels and sidewalk salt out of the back of the shed.
 
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tommays

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This was a 2009 storm 20 something inches the recent one was much worse with over 30 "
 
Christy Leigh

Christy Leigh

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Jul 27, 2004
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Nauticat 331 Wickford RI
Two years ago at the boat (on the right) -




I haven't been down to take pictures this year because all the damn storms have been on weekends so I'm home doing this instead -




Winter Sucks !!!!!!!!
 
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McZube

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Apr 5, 2012
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Hunter 31 Chesapeake Bay, MD
+1 JohnS. I heard third hand that the farmers' almanac forecast a lot of snow for us this "winter". I'm still waiting for it. I realize that we can, and have, had some major snowfalls in March, but they tend to not hang around for long.
 
Spindrift NH

Spindrift NH

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Apr 1, 2012
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Pearson 424 Charleston, SC
Spent the night this week on Spindrift, second from right, to begin work on the infamous Catalina compression block. Though there is not too much snow on the ground, I did have to shovel some out of the cockpit!
 

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Nodak7

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Sep 28, 2008
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Christy Leigh said:
Two years ago at the boat (on the right) -




I haven't been down to take pictures this year because all the damn storms have been on weekends so I'm home doing this instead -




Winter Sucks !!!!!!!!
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Christy I could not agree with you more. So do all the boats in your area winter in the slip?
 
Christy Leigh

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Christy I could not agree with you more. So do all the boats in your area winter in the slip?
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Probably about 60% of the 'summer guests' stay at their slips for the winter. The other 40% of the slips/people choose to store on land elsewhere (we have no land storage) and are rented for the winter by people from other marinas. Many over-winter liveaboards. My % are only a slightly educated guess but the marina is about 100% full every winter. The marina is very well protected so even if it ices up we don't have to worry about 'icebergs' banging into our hulls. The ice itself has never been a problem for the boats over the 15 years of the marina operation. The owner will rent you a 'de-icer/bubbler' if you insist but his attitude is - don't bother.
 
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Christy Leigh said:
Probably about 60% of the 'summer guests' stay at their slips for the winter. The other 40% of the slips/people choose to store on land elsewhere (we have no land storage) and are rented for the winter by people from other marinas. Many over-winter liveaboards. My % are only a slightly educated guess but the marina is about 100% full every winter. The marina is very well protected so even if it ices up we don't have to worry about 'icebergs' banging into our hulls. The ice itself has never been a problem for the boats over the 15 years of the marina operation. The owner will rent you a 'de-icer/bubbler' if you insist but his attitude is - don't bother.
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Wow!! There was a boat that stayed in up here for two seasons. Of course he had to have a bubbler but if we were to have a power failure when it was -40f it would not take long to freeze in and possibly damage the boat. Our ice is usually about 2-3 feet thick here.
 
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