[Rhodes22-list] Boat Covers

Thu Feb 17 00:29:39 EST 2011

Rick--

Thanx for the clarification. 

The boat will be on a lift at my dock (behind my house here in FL), and it will be there fully rigged most of the time. That's why I said "uncovered lift"  Maybe I should say "naked lift" to distinguish it from a boat cover! I imagine I'll only store the mast (etc) if I'm going away for a long period that includes hurricane season. Right now I'm away for months at a time. 

The lift is across from a mangrove nature preserve & there are loads of large birds around--ospreys, pelicans, ibises, egrets, a variety of herons, and lots of gulls, especially laughing gulls who have a lot to laugh about anytime my next-door neighbor cleans fish on her dock. Thanks to her generosity there's frequently an antiquated great blue heron waiting optimistically on my dock. I've never found inflatable owls and plastic hawks etc did much as scarecrows.

Also there's a power plant in the middle distance. I haven't been bothered by fallout, but another neighbor, who used to keep a 34' or 36' C&C at the dock behind his house, says it was occasionally necessary to power-wash away soot.

So it's the combination of avian traffic, illegal coal soot and the Florida sun that makes me want to cover the R22.  I'd like a cover that can be used both when the boat is rigged and when it's on a trailer with the mast down. (I don't know how one would provide for stays & shrouds--cutouts maybe.) I have an idea for a 2-piece cover that snaps or zips together at the cockpit end of the cabin, with a flap on the forward piece to keep rain out. The C&C neighbor tells me he used a cover with a full skirt because the soot made black streaks down his hull, but that's too complicated for me. I bet emissions standards have changed too.

Thanks again for the clarification. I'm surprised boat covers on R22s seem to be rare. We used them on moored daysailers when I was younger, but that was partly because of rain.

P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick" <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:34:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat Covers

Peter,

By storing your mast off the boat, you are in a tiny minority of R22
owners--irrespective of using a lift.  That's why I asked and it makes quite
a difference in how you cover your boat.

Rick

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM, peter klappert
<peterklappert at comcast.net>wrote:

>
> I don't know what kind of lifts you guys are on, but the message in my SENT
> box says "lift," L-I-F-T, as in boatlift, B-O-A-T-L-I-F-T. So do the copies
> in your messages. Where do you stick your masts when they're not on your
> boats? (Mine will be in a garage.)
>
> No Thanks for the ass-inine replies.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat Covers
>
> Nice comeback!
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a reverse lisp, called a lifp.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > How do you get the boat on the list?  Is this a Tron like maneuver? :-)
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Peter,
> > > >
> > > > When the boat is on the list, where's the mast?
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:34 AM, peter klappert
> > > > <peterklappert at comcast.net>wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear Everyone or Anyone--
> > > > >
> > > > > The R22 I'm getting will spend most of its time on an uncovered
> lift,
> > > and
> > > > > I'm away for months at a time. So I figure I'll need a boat cover
> and
> > > > should
> > > > > consult the Rhodes Email Encyclopedia.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm already in touch with someone who can make the cover, but I'd
> be
> > > glad
> > > > > to hear opinions or experiences regarding
> > > > >
> > > > > Materials?
> > > > >
> > > > > Colors?
> > > > >
> > > > > Design? (For example, is your cover designed for rigging up, down
> or
> > > > both?
> > > > > Can one person quickly put it on or take it off? Has anyone tried a
> > > > 2-part
> > > > > or 3-part cover? Etc.)
> > > > >
> > > > > If you care to say something about cost or manufacturers, I'd be
> glad
> > > to
> > > > > hear that, too.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
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