Winter storage--wet or dry?

[drysuit2]

Frank,

Good to hear that from someone local. I think I'll keep it in next season, but this year's already paid and scheduled. Winter in the marina is ~300 bucks cheaper too. About a dozen larger boats brave the winter at Tappen.

You'll notice most of the boats that sail all winter are full keel designs like ours. This way if you do get a hard freeze you don't twist the rudder, like you would on a spade rudder.

PM me if you want to come out. Lauralee is a Southerner, and has a 40 degree threshold for sailing. [Probably; she is just smarter than me.]

I tend to sail on those warm sunny days. I keep the 20 knot plus days for windsurfing.

[Neil Gordon]

Check your insurance. Although it may not be an issue on the Chesapeake, in the Northeast many policies require that the boat be hauled as of a certain date. I believe mine is Nov. 1.

My policy ends the sailing season on November 1 but it doesn't require the boat to be hauled, just "decommissioned."

[Joe Myerson]

My policy ends the sailing season on November 1 but it doesn't require the boat to be hauled, just "decommissioned."

I assume that having my boat sit on its mooring, without boom or sails, waiting for the hauling contractor, complies with that phrase. In which case, I was still operating under the conditions of my policy.

--Joe

[Neil Gordon]

My policy ends the sailing season on November 1 but it doesn't require the boat to be hauled, just "decommissioned."

I assume that having my boat sit on its mooring, without boom or sails, waiting for the hauling contractor, complies with that phrase. In which case, I was still operating under the conditions of my policy.

--Joe

Check the policy... you might need to disable the engine, as well.

[Joe Myerson]

She's high and dry, her engine winterized, the seacocks open and the shrinkwrap keeping her dry. The fact that she didn't get hauled until after Nov. 1 is moot for this year -- but I'm glad she didn't get damaged while I was waiting for haulout. (And I won't tell you how she got from the mooring to the ramp.)

--Joe