[Rhodes22-list] Boat Covers - Art, Robert, Ron

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Dave,
In my rig, I change two side curtains when in Winter or whenever I leave the boat year round.  Instead of the rip-stop I zipper on the Sunbrella and shed droppings, pine needles, and rain.  Pretty simple, just keep the heavier curtains aboard.
Art

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>From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat Covers - Art, Robert, Ron
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>Ron, Robert, Art,
> 
>I apologize for dropping out of this thread about 4 days ago.  The  adverse 
>weather (winds and rain) finally stopped, we’ve had a couple of nice  days, and 
>the admirable and I have been hustling to get the boat reassembled,  painted, 
>and waxed for launch this coming week.  We have to launch this  coming week 
>because of marina constraints, which is fine with us but getting the  boat 
>ready quickly has been a chore.  As new owners, we’re probably being  obsessive as 
>to what has to be done. 
> 
>As an aside, we were significantly held up two times by people stopping  over 
>to inquire about the great looking boat - who made it, etc- and also to  
>respond to the amazed reactions to my test of the furling mainsail - they hadn’t  
>seen a furling mainsail on a boat our size.  IMO full credit for the above  
>goes to Stan and General Boats - and we told them about Stan and General  Boats. 
> I imagine this happens all the time to other people on the list,  but it was 
>gratifying.
> 
>Back to covers: Ron, I gather you’ve got what amounts to a winter cover and  
>separately a summer cover and that they are different.  Robert, I gather  your’
>s is a winter cover  useful when the mast is down on the hard,  although with 
>mods it might work with the mast up and the boat on the  hard.  
> 
>It might be nice if there were 1 cover that you could use on your boat for  
>winter and summer when it was either afloat or on the hard (with the mast  up). 
> A cover that you could deploy and recover quickly while you are on  board 
>(Ron that appears to be your summer cover) and would keep rain, snow,  sleet, 
>bird droppings, pollen, sap, whatever out of the cockpit, off the hatch,  off 
>the motor, and largely off the boat.  Such a cover might help  preserve the 
>appearance of the boat and also minimize the consequences of  any leak problems 
>above the water line.
> 
>Robert, I appreciate your feed back re your winter cover.  Sounds  good.  If 
>we haul out next fall and need a winter cover,  and I  haven’t solved our 
>cover problem, it might work; although it sounds more  difficult with the mast and 
>shrouds up.  I'll keep the HF tarp on the  chance we will use it again.
> 
>Ron, your summer cover looks great and I gather it’s worked well for  you.  
>To use it as a winter cover, however, I think I’d want more pitch (as  I’m 
>sure your winter cover has) to be sure that snow and ice would fall off and  
>avoid pooling.  This comes back to my desire for an all season cover that  could 
>be used afloat.
> 
>When things slow down here (i.e. post launch) I may get a couple of bed  
>sheets to rough out what might work.  I think it would be nice if  there were one 
>cover that would work for winter and summer afloat or on the  hard.  It would 
>not be a substitute for a boom room, rather it would be a  simple cover.
> 
>Sounds like a project.  Thank you for info as to what you've  done.
> 
>Dave
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