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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
With an outboard motor, you can keep on boating right up till ice in, and then even use it as an ice-breaker boat on thin ice up to maybe 1" thick or so. As long as the outboard motor is left in the down position into the water it will not freeze up (I hope).
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I like outboards, and if I had to do it again, would have two outboards on the boat so I'd never be "without" should one fail. ('Course
ethanol fuel [E10] could affect both engines, altering that mindset).
As for running an aluminum boat as an ice-breaker—it's fun, especially as the boat picks up speed on some ice. However, the rivets may have loosened after hitting some "white" ice. No leaks, but the hull seemed "flexible" during the following season. (But clean!
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The outboard engine also cleaned up, and has been doing just fine.
Regarding this season's weather, we seemed to have had fewer thunderstorms—and fewer lightning displays. YMMMV.