picture Re: [Rhodes22-list] Off season storage costs

[mputnam1 at aol.com]

I'll be keeping my boat on the water ... does a tarp, secured by heavy bottles and tied off in a few places make sense on the water?
 
Thanks again for all advice,
 
- Mark 
 
 
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From: mtroy at atlanticbb.net
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Sent: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:27 PM
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Here's a picture of what Fred is describing. He was working on the boat so not all the bottles are in place but you get the idea. 
 
Mary Lou 
 
At 10:50 PM 10/17/2006, you wrote: 
>Mark, I use a ridge pole with a couple of supports along it's >length. I tie the tarp together at the bow and stern and use a >bungie under the trailer forward of the wheels toward the bow. I >then use 4 soda bottles filled with sand on each side making sure >that the tarp is wide enough so that the bottles rest along the >trailer rails and do not bang into the boat as the wind blows. This >arrangement allows the tarp to lift a little in the wind so that >there is a little ventilation under the tarp. I also leave the >companion door open so that there is ventilation into the cabin. I >check often and remove snow from the tarp when needed. Seems to >have worked well over the years 
> 
>Fred Kaiser 
>1991 Rhodes 22 Fretless 
>Rock Hall MD 
> 
>At 08:28 PM 10/17/2006, you wrote: 
>>I've seen Mary Lou and Rummy both refer to using bottles filled >>with sand or water as a means of securing a tarp. Never having >>done this before, I've been meaning to ask -- do you just let the >>weight of the bottles hold the tarp in place? If so, what's to >>prevent the tarp from shifting around even with the weight of the >>bottles? Or do you tie the lines around something before attaching the bottles? 
>> 
>>Thanks, 
>> 
>>- Mark 
> 
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