Winter Boating in Freezing Temperatures with a Ranger

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We have a 2020 R31 Sedan Northwest Edition. We have it in Northern BC on the ocean. This will be our second winter with it and we are hoping to take it out during freezing temperatures (0C or 32F) for a few days at a time.
Does anyone have experience doing this? In particular with the fresh water system. It would be nice to have running water and the full bathroom.
I am not sure how well these boats are insulated and if the Webasto heater will prevent freeze ups while away from the dock.
Any advice is appreciated 🙂
 
I'm in Seattle so not a lot of really cold weather, but we took our R29 out in 4F and it was super cozy with the webasto running. The stern shower is susceptible to freezing, but the rest of the fresh water system is either below the waterline or inside where there is heat. Only thing we found was that it started raining inside because of the condensation.
 
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