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fatlazyless · 09-23-2008, 10:23 PM

If your boat has an outboard, it can be used until about January 10, as long as it is kept straight down and into the unfrozen lake water.

The water drains down and the unfrozen lake keeps the water inside the lower area of the outboard warm enough so it won't freeze.

There's a few people with little row boats and outboards who go out to the islands, somewhere, right into January. Watching the navigation lights on these small boats as they round the south end of Bear Island and disappear into the night from the safety of my hot tub, it always impresses me. How cold is that water?

09-23-2008, 10:23 PM	#7
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 304 Thanked 1,048 Times in 764 Posts	If your boat has an outboard, it can be used until about January 10, as long as it is kept straight down and into the unfrozen lake water. The water drains down and the unfrozen lake keeps the water inside the lower area of the outboard warm enough so it won't freeze. There's a few people with little row boats and outboards who go out to the islands, somewhere, right into January. Watching the navigation lights on these small boats as they round the south end of Bear Island and disappear into the night from the safety of my hot tub, it always impresses me. How cold is that water? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 09-24-2008 at 04:45 AM.