Fred, I vote NO on letting your baot settle in the mud for the winter. Frost is powerful stuff. It can crack the concrete foundation of a house or lift a house. I would pay the costs to lower (or lift) the power line for the half an hour or so to allow your boat to pass. You have too much invested in your boat. We live where frost is a fact of life and it does amazing things every year. Or hire a crane to lift the boat into your yard. Don't leave it in mud which will freeze hard as concrete and in the process expand and crush anything in its way. David Sorenson Duluth, MN (Where Jack Frost lives.) ____________________________________________________________ Bills adding up? Click here for free information on payday loans. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m3aOa7yQIaJaIbof3MUQoP3tkyEokvshopb6HR2X9bXBOSE/