r/ElectricBoats

Freezing temps that cause the lake to ice over here are rare in the PNW and winds are also not a factor so everyone here leaves their boats out on the lake in the open all year. Minn Kota, despite making parts for boats, doesn’t seem to know how to waterproof anything. My steering motor died yet again and fortunately I now keep spare steering motors on hand and it only takes a couple of hours to swap…. But it sucks to find out just as you find a rare sunny day in the fall here and want to take the boat out.

Anyone else in a similar situation and how to you protect your boat over the winter if you don’t dry dock it? (I don’t even have a trailer so dry docking just isn’t an option)