HELP....!what would YOU do
 

My living area in New York has a freeze warning in effect for tonight and my boat (baja) is in the hoist at the lake with water in the engine. Do you think it will be cold long enough to freeze and hurt something? Would you drive the hour one way to drain it? Please someone chim-in im paranoid right now!!!!! I just bought the boat last month.

Pretty sure it needs to be below freezing for a few days for it to hurt your block. A freeze alert like that will more than likely mean it will only drop down below freezing for a few hours in the dead of night.

I think you will be ok

Agreed...I wouldn't sweat it, it's gonna take more than a few ticks under 32 for a few hours to freeze the block. I've survived longer.

I didnt think it would but ya never know. Thanks for a good night of sleep fellas. My nerves are at ease

It needs to drop to 30 for atleast a full day.

If you want comfort and you can't get the water out just leave it in the water overnight. The water will act as a heater assuming the water temperature is above freezing.

no,youl be ok,it wont freeze the block:coolcowboy:

if it's 45-50 during both days and 28-30 at night you'll be fine. Dropping to low 20's and only getting into the high 30's during the day would send me to the boat. (even that would probably be OK, but I wouldn't sleep that night)

You will be ok. You have nothing to worry about.

No worries...

Rule of thumb is below 24* for 24 hours. You will be fine.

If your worried
 

If your worried just run a long extension cord out to the boat and hook up a 100 watt light bulb in the engine compartment and close it. One little ole light bulb and your compartment will stay above freezing. Ed :drink:

Here in Texas it really doesn't get cold enough for long enough to winterize. When I had a boat I bought two of those flameless propane camp heaters. My boat was stored two miles from me so I would go and fire them up when the forecast was below 30* or so...

That is great advice. We did this all the time in Minnesota to extend the boat season in the fall/winter.