
Originally Posted by
iceman
Well you're a little on the OCD side then man. My boat often sits in the slip for a week or more at a time, the only time I really worry is if tropical weather is coming up the coast and I'm far away.
Missed this first time around.
Yeah, probably a bit OCD.
It is usually in high and dry. When we come in late, or are going out early, it sits tied up to the dock about 20 min. from my house. Thing is, there are no "slips". There is dock space for about 5-6 boats depending on size. If more boats come in, they raft up to yours. You never know what they might do when they are walking across your boat.
When you leave it in all the time, you get used to it. The few times a year I have it sitting in the water, I have flashbacks to the many boats I have seen sink due to faulty bilge pumps.
It doesn't just rain here. It comes down in buckets. If your pumps fail, or drain your battery, the boats go down quick. Happens a lot here. We get "tropical weather" conditions just about every day in the summer for an hour or so.
If you are leaving it in, I hope you have 2 bilge pumps. One on manual(or an auto on manual), and one on a float. Don't trust the manufacturer to have it rigged right either. They are notorious for putting undersized pumps in. Most of them can't keep up with a major failure, like a thru hull failing. Again, it happens all the time down here. Of course, our boats are in all year, not just 3 months.
I like living where the Ogdens are high enough so that I'm not everyone's worst problem.- YetiMan
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