[Rhodes22-list] Winter Cover - Harbor Freight tarp

[L. Sailor]

Thanks, Slim,

Your answer reminded me that what you've described is
the way we used to put our Hunter 23 away for the
winter....we made a frame out of PVC for the
forepeak...then covered everything with tarps .....

Since the boat wil be slipped about 50' from my back
door, it will be no problem to go down & brush snow
from the deck, etc. But you're right about watching
for freezing water down below....

Heck...I have to thread my way along the bulkhead to
the satellite dish when it snows to brush the snow off
the receiver....Does anyone ELSE have this problem???
No kidding...the snow builds up & blocks reception...&
I have to go down there several times during a
snowstorm (depends on the rate of snow) & clean the
dish off. Picture this...along the bulkhead, pitch
dark (flashlight, of course, nighttime,
snowing....slippery...)

No, we don't have cable out here.....

Thanks for letting me BOTHER you and your BOTHERING to
reply so cogently.

elle

--- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Elle,
> 
> I'm in Minnesota and last winter I had the boat in
> indoor storage but every
> other year it's been outside.  I use the mast (IMF)
> as the ridge for a tarp
> that covers the whole boat.  I take off the big mast
> crutch and rest the
> mast on the stern rail with the other end of it
> resting on the bow pulpit.
> That leaves a few inches of clearance between the
> mast and the hatch.  I use
> a life jacket to support the mast there.  I remove
> the spreaders--or rather,
> I disconnect them from the mast (one little screw
> holding the spreader into
> a little cup-like mount) and just let them lay to
> the side so they don't
> poke through the tarp.  I don't remove the sails.
> 
> Some, like Bill for one, don't tarp at all.  So long
> as your boat is well
> tilted so water will drain at the stern, you'll
> probably be OK.  Freezing
> and thawing in the cockpit will not do any damage
> but freezing and thawing
> in the bilge might so be sure you have no leaks. But
> the boat obviously
> stays a lot cleaner under cover.
> 
> If you had BOTHERED to check the archives, Elle, I
> wouldn't have to be
> writing this.  This has taken all of 5 minutes of my
> precious time while you
> could have found it in maybe five hours.  Please
> stop bothering us with
> stuff that was already covered here on the list back
> in 2002!
> 
> (Kidding of course)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 8/14/06 6:08 PM, "L. Sailor"
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Mike,
> > 
> > How do you cover your R-22 for the winter? Bow to
> > stern? 
> > 
> > I was thinking of only covering the cockpit to
> keep
> > snow from building up...Has anyone found it
> necessary
> > to cover the poptop?
> > 
> > The two small opening ports in front probably need
> > something to keep snow/ice from building up.
> > 
> > What have some of the northern sailors found to be
> > necessary for winter protection?
> > 
> > elle
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> For those who live in the northern areas and are
> >> starting to think about the fall haul, the
> >> previously discussed Harbor Freight #1435-5VGA 19
> >> FT. x 29 FT. 4", 11 mil REFLECTIVE HEAVY DUTY
> SILVER
> >> TARPAULIN has been reduced to $35.99 plus $8.99
> >> shipping, again.  You may order it at::
> >> 
> >> 
> >
>
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1435-5
> >> 
> >> regards,
> >> 
> >> Mike
> >> s/v Shanghai'd Summer
> >>
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