Ah...
Thanks very much for the advice, that really answers my question.
I can not imagine putting my boat back into the water as late as May! It
seems like I will be so impatient by the time March or April comes that I
won't be able to wait much more than that. :)
I wonder if keeping an open "tent" around the boat is a better solution than
either putting a cover on her or leaving her exposed to the rain?
Anyway,
Tusind tak...
Jeremy
"Claus Tersgov" <clausnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Martin Sorensen[2840]" <santana.sorensen@FJERNESget2net.dk> skrev i en
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> > I guess the exception is Lynetten Lystbådehavn, the local power station
> > should keep it free of ice.
>
> Nope
> Not anymore...
>
> Today the hot water is being recycled, due to heavy political protest.
> Apparently we just dont have icy winters i dk anymore...
>
> About his boat. Any wooden boat will dry out during the winter. This is a
> perfectly normal process, and usually for a wooden boat, one says, it
always
> goes up early in the fall and when spring arrives always early back in the
> water.
>
> It is not the temperature, you should worry about (they are actually good
for
> the wood), it is the ice and more importantly, the rain. Most of the rain
will
> stay on deck because of the very moistry winters we have here. Moist and
rain
> in the wintertime is really ruin your boat, because it takes a very long
time
> for it to vaporize - especially if your boat is left uncovered and
unattended
> to.
>
> So if your deck and other woodwork isn't in pristine condition, I would
take
> her up if I were you. And putting a cover on really dosen't help, because
you
> close off the aircirculation in the cabin and cockpitt causing more
problems
> with moist down below. Ever never cover up a wooden boat in the water for
an
> exstended period.
>
> So if you're boat is in a fairly good condition, you shouldn't really
hesitate
> to take her up. If you put her back in the water in the right time, all
she
> needs is a couple of days with a pump and she is as good as new. And if
your
> boat is in such a condition, that she can't handle to be taken out of the
> water, I would'nt even be thinking of sailing her
>
> The mistake people often do, is to launch their wooden boat to late. This
way
> the boat have had to much time to dry out, and if you have passed May, it
> staten to dry out fast and subsequently it needs a lot more time in order
for
> the wood to be fully soaked and moistry.
>
> Claus
>
>