[C38] Wrapping boat for winter storage on hard - Tyvek? Canvas?Plastic tarp?

[Ann Boochever]

Here in SE Alaska, many people, including us, use reinforced visqueen over a
frame of electrical conduit (NOT pvc water pipe, which gets brittle). We use
a forward section and an aft section and fit it together overlapping at the
shrouds and joined there using Tyvek tape, which is fantastic stuff. I put a
couple of braces under the frame at strategic spots because we can get as
much as 18inches of wet, heavy snow at a time. It¹s not a simple system.
Takes the better part of a weekend to get it all put together, but it¹s dry
and light inside with plenty of headroom for working on projects during the
winter and early spring.
Scott
Tacita II


On 11/5/11 4:28 AM, "Dick Kilroy" <dickkilroy at comcast.net> wrote:

> Marci; Shrink wrap it. Make a frame of electrical coduit atached to the
> santions, then have it shrink wraped. Its expensive but I am now on my 4th
> year with the same cover . You can also do the job yourelf buying the gun at
> Harbor Frieght Tools.
>  
> Dick
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>> From:  Marci Brown <mailto:mb at seafor.us>
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>> Subject: [C38] Wrapping boat for winter  storage on hard - Tyvek?
>> Canvas?Plastic tarp?
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>> Another  happy New England consideration: snow accumulation over the winter.
>> It¹s going  to be DIY this year. We don¹t want to do shrink wrap. but the
>> covering needs  to be wind resistant, not overly complicated, and slippery so
>> snow won¹t pile  up on it. And what kind of double-faced tape will do the job
>> with a clean  removal in the spring? Nothing sticks well to Tyvek but I think
>> it could be  the best material to work with otherwise. No doubt we¹ll need
>> some of those  flexible pine strips, and lots of bungee cord (aren¹t you glad
>> we have slotted  toe rails on our C38s?), plus I might use some heavy-duty
>> needles and thread  to stitch sections together perhaps...? Please share your
>> opinions and  experiences. If you have step by step photos ­ even better.
>> Thanks in advance!
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>> Marci  J. Brown
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