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

[Max Soto]

There is a good article in Sail magazine, October., about building a winter
cover with frames.
Regards,

Max

2011/11/6 Ann Boochever <ctigloo at gci.net>

>  BTW, if you’re not familiar with it, reinforced visqueen has a network
> of very strong fibers imbedded in it. In SE AK it costs about $125 a roll,
> which is enough for two sets of fore and aft covers. Each set lasts at
> least two seasons before UV light degrades the visqueen. Plain visqueen
> won’t do at all.
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> On 11/5/11 4:28 AM, "Dick Kilroy" <dickkilroy at comcast.net> wrote:
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> 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 <mb at seafor.us>>
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> *To:* listserve at catalina38.org
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> *Sent:* Saturday, November 05, 2011 8:11  AM
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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. It’s going  to be DIY this year. We don’t want to do shrink wrap.
> but the covering needs  to be wind resistant, not overly complicated, and
> slippery so snow won’t 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 we’ll need some of those  flexible pine strips, and lots of bungee
> cord (aren’t 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!
>
> *Marci  J. Brown
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Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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