It's February... so here is an update.
It was cold here in Maine this last weekend. Temps down to negative 16 around the house, and windchills into the minus 50s. The water pipe feeding the house froze in the middle of the night, woke Saturday at 3am to no water. I dug out the ice from in front of the access. and started running my space heater under the house. when there was enough light to work, I moved to the other side of the house to get closer to the problem area. once I thawed out the plumbing, the water meter started spraying out everywhere. It had cracked from ice. I crawled thru the rapidly growing puddle and shut off the valve. My coverall was frozen stiff by the time I got back inside the house... I'm sure there were dozens if not hundreds of similar stories all over the region, BUT, no lie.... On a Saturday morning, Maine Water in Bucksport was there to replace my meter in less than an hour after my call. Hot Showers for Everyone!
...But back to the boat. After my install and test of a fantastic Dickinson Diesel Heater, I still needed to install the flue pipe properly into the deck and a day tank to supply fuel to the furnace.
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