Eisboch wrote:
I am thinking about leaving my boat in the water this winter rather than
hauling and storing on stands. The marina where I have a slip offers
this option and it includes electricity. Water is available at an outlet
that is left running all year. (keeps the water system clean)

My boat is in a protected section of the marina with floating docks and
finger piers. The marina staff installs bubblers on the pilings that
locate the end of the finger piers.

The marina stays open all winter with a management and mechanic staff.

Has anyone done this (in the cold winters of Cape Cod)? Any bad
experiences?

Eisboch


What happens if you have some weeks of severe winter storms, including
icing, and the marina loses electrical power for a week?

I'm a firm believer in not keeping a valuable boat in the water over the
winter in really cold climates. All sorts of bad things can happen,
especially when the weather is so crummy you don't visit the marina for
a look-see at least once a week. And you're a snowbird, right? You'll be
wintering in the State of Perpetual Recount...



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Jesus was the ultimate liberal progressive revolutionary of all history.
The conservative religious and social structure that he defied hated and
crucified him. They examined His life and did not like what they saw. He
aligned himself with the poor and the oppressed. He challenged the
religious orthodoxy of his day. He advocated pacifism and loving our
enemies. He liberated women and minorities from oppression. He healed on
the Sabbath and forgave adulterers and prostitutes. He associated with
drunks and other social outcasts. He rebuked the religious right of his
day because they embraced the letter of the law instead of the Spirit.
He loved sinners and called them to himself. Jesus was the original
Liberal. He was a progressive, and he was judged and hated for it. It
was the self-righteous religionists that he rebuked and he called them
hypocrites.

The primary issues of Christian Liberalism were birthed when Jesus spoke
the profoundly prophetic words found in Matthew 25: 31-46. These
scriptures reveal God's heart for the poor, the sick and other neglected
people through out history. Christians should read this text and judge
for themselves which of the two groups mentioned there more accurately
reflect the political parties of today. His Liberalism lives on today
and the issues have not changed much.