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Originally Posted by Swifty
Yikes, The UK comes to a halt if it goes below 0C. Is it easy running an outboard at such low temperature, I mean as soon as you lift it out the water it will be frozen solid inside 20 minutes. Guess you have to drain it completely when your done or flush with anti freeze.
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Well once the day time temperatures stay around 0C or colder, the freshwater lakes around here ice up solid pretty quickly. Most years this would have occured by the first week of November. But this fall has been extremely mild so far. The ice usually clears off around early to mid May.
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Originally Posted by Swifty
Personally my Searider goes out all year, all weathers, including snow, though it does get a bit chilly with no wind shield.
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I hear ya & you've got to dress for it, but boating with a windshield just isn't the same, to me it feels like your less contnected to the environment around you. Mind you if I were boating on wide open seas in such weather conditions I'm sure I would prefer having the protection of a cabin or wheelhouse available. Here in most of the bush lakes, you're usually at most about 5-6 miles (and usually less) from the nearest shore if you need to make an emergency landing and build a fire.
