Although this year seems (so far) to be an exception, the last few years I had to shovel a 30 foot path of 15-20 inches of snow several times just to get to where I normally stow the ladder alongside the boat (the Shipyard plows a single car-width access road to the storage area). The solar panel approach is certainly an option, but given that I probably burn less than a gallon of gasoline all winter for the generator, it really isn't cost effective. I need to check on the integrity of the cover every now and then anyway and it's no big deal to hook up the generator and to let it run for an hour or so. It all comes with a normal New England winter. Hopefully we'll have some snow for Christmas this year. Of course, we had snow for Halloween this year which left us without power for four days (at least those who don't have a big fixed generator for their house like me). We provided hot showers, computer and cellphone charging, and water for all of our neighbors (we are all on wells). I'd still rather be living aboard all winter like we did in the early 80's in CT. Those were good times! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. Alan
Alan Lewis "Victoria" Gulfstar 41 #160 Lying Kittery, ME K1ALL From: windso...@pipeline.com To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:41:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT : Any other lists more active? We’ll see your snow and raise??? Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V From: gypsy...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 4:55 PM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT : Any other lists more active? windso...@pipeline.com writes: I’m not going to answer for Alan but he’d have the same issue in Maine we have here in NY. A solar panel isn’t going to do a lot of good covered with a few inches of snow. Plus the fact that during the winter months the angle of the sun, even at astronomical noon isn’t that high or that strong (if you tilted the panel)...Steve Weinstein Don't want to wage a war. I'm in Ohio during the winter, shrink wrapped. Now I cannot argue YOUR snow, but my solar panel does work all winter at apparently about 50% through the white shrink wrap, and it is mounted flat for that period of time. The angle over the boat for the shrink is about 30 degrees each side and the snow seems to drop away very nicely. Carl ...Dayton, OH _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
_______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
