What are you doing for boat storage?
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little wing
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Parked in front yard. Should be fun trying to get it out of there with my two wheel drive pick up come Feb/Mar with snow and ice all around.
Personally, I like Brent and Dixie's setup. Sweet.
colbysmith
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Toots, mine is at the side of my house, with it's own full cover. So far, we've had little snow and it sounds like we might not have much more this winter. In any case, I continue to keep a path plowed between the street and boat. Unless there is a big, long, ice/snow storm along our route south, we'll leave here the Thur or Fri before the Hontoon gathering. Colby
I have been using Harbor Freight plastic tarps...they only last one season...always tear around the radar stanchion.....I like the idea of shrink wrap...but it's too hard to do... I bought the plastic and used to do that on my tug but it is a one time deal...and wrapping it after every use is a pain.
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smckean (Tosca)
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I have a good roof over my CD25 on my property, but my main concern is keeping the relative humidity down. Last year I used an electric heater, but running it was expensive. This year I'm trying a dehumidifier every 30 days, or maybe fewer days, plus a small source of heat for the rest of the time. Keeping the boat interior dry makes a huge difference I find.
Jack in Alaska
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This season it is shrink wrapped ($520) and in a storage yard in Anchorage. Pulling it back (210 miles) to beach home was too dangerous on black ice covered roads.
Last season it was shrink wrapped at the beach ($420) and it worked great.
All seasons before that I built a tee-pee frame over the back deck and then covered the whole thing with a big blue tarp. It was a big PITA doing it but it worked fine.
In all cases the batteries just set there unhooked, no charger and were fine each spring. On the trailer every winter. Temps down to -30F. 2-3' of snow on top.
One season I put my 22' CD and HR travel trailer in a pole barn at the fairgrounds. One weekend there was a 7' snowfall. It collapsed the whole roof system squashing the HR flat and crushing the cabin on the boat. Had the boat repaired for $6k and never put anything under a hard roof again. Another CD, the Ocean Dancer was more severely damaged but was also repaired.
I prefer the shrink wrap method :smilep :smilep
Last season it was shrink wrapped at the beach ($420) and it worked great.
All seasons before that I built a tee-pee frame over the back deck and then covered the whole thing with a big blue tarp. It was a big PITA doing it but it worked fine.
In all cases the batteries just set there unhooked, no charger and were fine each spring. On the trailer every winter. Temps down to -30F. 2-3' of snow on top.
One season I put my 22' CD and HR travel trailer in a pole barn at the fairgrounds. One weekend there was a 7' snowfall. It collapsed the whole roof system squashing the HR flat and crushing the cabin on the boat. Had the boat repaired for $6k and never put anything under a hard roof again. Another CD, the Ocean Dancer was more severely damaged but was also repaired.
I prefer the shrink wrap method :smilep :smilep
little wing
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I hear you Foggy, but I have little choice. I have trees everywhere.Foggy":33ilmknl said:
Shrink wrapping is convenient and does an excellent job keeping the boat clean. The wrapper will come and wrap the boat at your location, which in my case is my driveway. $260 this year for the CD22.
OK, Toots. You're feeling lucky, so be it.
I'd make sure you have a good air vent hole in that plastic wrap
as well as some CaCl, or other, water-sorb inside to help assure
your interior isn't a new light shade of green come Spring along
with the other natural Spring new foliage.
Aye.
I'd make sure you have a good air vent hole in that plastic wrap
as well as some CaCl, or other, water-sorb inside to help assure
your interior isn't a new light shade of green come Spring along
with the other natural Spring new foliage.
Aye.
I have 2 of these in the boat, plugged in and running full time. They have a tiny bit of heat, and a fan running. Equals about a 100 watt light bulb. Works good to keep everything dry and ventilated.
West Marine here:
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-mar ... c--7867518
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
West Marine here:
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-mar ... c--7867518
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
colbysmith
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$500 for shrink wrap? Good for a year? For about 3 times that cost, I have a nice full cover, easy enuf to remove and install, and to just open partially and get into the boat. Had it made the first season we bought the boat maybe 7-8 years ago, and I'm sure I'll get quite a few more years out of it. 
I keep the snow swept off of it, and it also has ventilation pockets. Boat sits out in the open though, so no trees and limbs to worry about. Keep a box of dryer sheets scattered all through out the cabin to keep the mice at bay, and a few canisters of the humidity drier to help keep the winter moisture down. The last few years I've kept the batteries in the boat, connected, with the charger plugged in. Colby
I keep the snow swept off of it, and it also has ventilation pockets. Boat sits out in the open though, so no trees and limbs to worry about. Keep a box of dryer sheets scattered all through out the cabin to keep the mice at bay, and a few canisters of the humidity drier to help keep the winter moisture down. The last few years I've kept the batteries in the boat, connected, with the charger plugged in. ColbyGulfcoastjohn
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Can't seem to post pic #234 page 10 of album,(no right click on the laptop pad) but sometimes the simplest solution is best...simply tow the boat to Key West and live on it there.
When the temp gets over 80 degrees, simply turn on the AC and share a big icy RTIC tumbler of iced tea. We like big 2 inch ice cubes in a silicone freezer tray best. Your likes may differ when it's hot in December.
Like so much in life, you may find that everything goes so much easier if you bring a lot of money, but you won't need nearly as much as Discovery's cute crib must have cost on a pro-rated annual basis (I love it!).
Life is good (despite the 51MPH wind gusts and frigid 76 degrees with this front), and we can tell already that the days are getting longer!
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When the temp gets over 80 degrees, simply turn on the AC and share a big icy RTIC tumbler of iced tea. We like big 2 inch ice cubes in a silicone freezer tray best. Your likes may differ when it's hot in December.
Like so much in life, you may find that everything goes so much easier if you bring a lot of money, but you won't need nearly as much as Discovery's cute crib must have cost on a pro-rated annual basis (I love it!).
Life is good (despite the 51MPH wind gusts and frigid 76 degrees with this front), and we can tell already that the days are getting longer!
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Hi John, Couldn't find a number 234 but this looks like it might be what you're referring to.
Couldn't find the 2" icecubes or the RTIC tumbler :lol:
Oh and the weather. I can give you a tip. More Fleece and Gore-Tex. Layer up man, and with enough layers of fleece you don't need a trampoline to bounce around. And you might want to add some chain to your anchor -- personal no boat.
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
Couldn't find the 2" icecubes or the RTIC tumbler :lol:
Oh and the weather. I can give you a tip. More Fleece and Gore-Tex. Layer up man, and with enough layers of fleece you don't need a trampoline to bounce around. And you might want to add some chain to your anchor -- personal no boat.
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
