Today is the day. "Larry The Lock" opened his valves this morning, and my boat is starting to rest on the mud. The level is now down only a foot and the back end is riding high at the moment, but the boat is still level. She's in about 2 1/2 feet of water right now. Draft is 3 1/2 feet. The tension is really heavy here ... Will she press her keel into the mud, or will she roll over? I'm thinking a bit of each but only the next few hours will tell. If she heels over, I have the garden hose standing by to erode the mud a bit and let her straighten up... Fred Tug 44

>>> Will she press her keel into the mud, or will she roll over?<< Hi Fred, Is this the way you store for the winter? I assume you winterize. Fet-Esch,a 48' Chung Hwa Seamaster Currently "Backward Looping" and lying Anchorage Marina, Baltimore Inner Harbor ----- Original Message ----- From: <fred@tug44.org> To: "Great Loop List" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:40 AM Subject: [Bulk] GL: Mud Berth Winter Storage