How do you guys cover your boat for winter?

[marc00]

I store my SF 20 in New England so I need somehing that can handle the snow. I'd also like something that can be reused season to season. Thanks.

[DonV]

Sorry (not really).....can't help you on this one!!! I have no idea what that's all about.

[basswacker]

i put straping down the middle then ropes arching over it about every 2-3 feet and then throw a tarp over it and tie it down

[Wildman]

Most guys make a PVC or wood frame that can be dissembled every year and stored away. If its PVC I have seen guys glue all but a few fittings so you dont loose pieces. Wood 2X3's or strapping is easy disassembled with stainless screws. After the frame is built, protect the corners of the wood with rags or sponges and then have a shrink wrap guy come by and put a door in so you can work in it in the winter with a space heater! The big trick is to make the sides as steep as you can get them so the wet snow rolls off.


My 'club house' last winter. I left the back open to get materials in there.

[marc00]

Patrick,

That looks pretty sweet. I could get a lot of work done in there. Just curious, but why wouldn't you do the shrink wrap yourself? Is it a cost thing? I was considering buying a shrink wrap kit so I can do it myself every year. The other option would be a tarp over the frame with tie downs or weights to keep it taught. Like the steep frame idea.

Marc

[Bryan A.]

This is what I do, similar on my 20SF.

[Wildman]

Originally Posted by marc00

Patrick,

That looks pretty sweet. I could get a lot of work done in there. Just curious, but why wouldn't you do the shrink wrap yourself? Is it a cost thing? I was considering buying a shrink wrap kit so I can do it myself every year. The other option would be a tarp over the frame with tie downs or weights to keep it taught. Like the steep frame idea.

Marc

I have a buddy who charges me cost and I give him a hand. Most of that club house was made out of scraps and left over from the boat yard.
Bryan A that frame is NUTS! definitely the most overbuilt one I have ever seen. Can you take it down by yourself?

[bigeasy1]

I used to do the A frame like wildman and Bryan did with theirs.Worked good and was inexpensive.
Now that I keep the boat 6 hours from home,I have it Shrink wrapped.It's a lot more expensive,but I pay no storage so it's a wash.

Wow Bryan! I'm calling you when I need some carpentry done on my house,that's one incredible A frame.

Here's what i did when I did the resto 14' x 30' tarped over scaffold.



Now I have this done.

[Bryan A.]

Originally Posted by Wildman

Bryan A that frame is NUTS! definitely the most overbuilt one I have ever seen. Can you take it down by yourself?

Yep, up and down in about 20 min or so now that its made.

[Mikem8560]

Originally Posted by Wildman

Most guys make a PVC or wood frame that can be dissembled every year and stored away. If its PVC I have seen guys glue all but a few fittings so you dont loose pieces. Wood 2X3's or strapping is easy disassembled with stainless screws. After the frame is built, protect the corners of the wood with rags or sponges and then have a shrink wrap guy come by and put a door in so you can work in it in the winter with a space heater! The big trick is to make the sides as steep as you can get them so the wet snow rolls off.


My 'club house' last winter. I left the back open to get materials in there. G]

you could do like my friend did. Along with marine canvas and upholstery when I over in NH I also did sgrinkwrapping. 2003 inwraped hid 27 Bayliner spring 2004 I moved ea h year he carefully removed the plastic and put it back on each year with the help of some Shrinkwrap tape when needed this fall I finnaly retired it. What he did was he found a guy with a simmilar boat and asked him for his old Shrinkwrap and put it on his boat this year. At this rate he hit rid of the boat before he ever pays to have it done again. Lol