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Boat is out of the water. Has been since Nov. What do people who sail do during the off season. Lol. Feel like everything I learned in my first season is melting right out of my ears as I sit indoors
Well, other than boat projects, we do this. I will be forum post counts skyrocket in the winter. I find a nice way to keep one's head in the game. You don't have to post to everything, but just reading someone's question, thinking of what you would do and reading responses is engaging. Often, by the time you read the thread, someone else has already posted what would have been your reply.....What do people who sail do during the off season. .......
That sounds like my method: Start some of the projects I should do... and finish some small fraction of that!I've started about half of these projects.
sail on the internet of courseWhat do people who sail do during the off season.
Gelcoat repair needs to be warmer for sure... I use a 135,000 BTU salamander heater (I'm indoors) to get all the components up to temp... It's not ideal, and it lengthens dry/wet times, but it should work. Right now I'm still doing epoxy fill/repair jobs... which is just drying slower than usual. I typically get the temps in the pole barn up to about 50-60 degrees. Light shirt temps. All my work is indoor, and local temps are warmer than whole room temps. We've had a mild winter so far, like today is 45 degrees out... so I can get temps up to almost 70 in there if need be. Burning copious amounts of diesel to do it. That also leaves for a pretty humid environment. I painted the boat 2 years ago with a 1 part epoxy in conditions like that... temps outside were 20s, inside about 50... it worked, but made the dry times long.4ARCH.....I was wondering where those winter maintenance seminars are held? I live in Ellicott City, so not too far from b-more.
SHNOOL... are you able to do the gelcoat repairs in the winter with the temps so low? I noticed you were in PA. I have some gelcoat stuff to do as well, but thought it would be too cold until spring. My boat is on the hard right now.