Vessel IcingAvoidance and Mitigation
Conditions that lead to icing are associated with cold air advection within 200 km of shore and cold water temperatures. If you can avoid these conditions, you will avoid most icing. If you cannot, the best thing to do is seek immediate shelter. If shelter is not available, steer the vessel downwind to minimize sea spray.
Once ice has formed, it can be removed with a variety of tools, the best of which are baseball bats and large wooden mallets. The wooden tools cause less damage to the ship and equipment than metal tools, but having extras is good as they often break. Remove ice as soon as possible, before the buildup becomes dangerous.
Chemicals (like rock salt) can help prevent the buildup of ice or aid in its removal. Heaters may be used to remove ice from small, critical areas, but are not effective for removing large amounts of ice.