On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:17:17 -0400, "Chris"
wrote:

Ok, I know this is kinda early still, but the thought did cross my mind now.
How to go about storing a boat outdoors for the winter in an area that has
lots of snow (hence heavy weight).... What I'm talking about is sometimes 3
feet of snow.

If you've got a boat on a trailer, then I clearly see the first step is to
tarp it, however something wooden covering the seating area would be
required to keep it elevated and strong... from there????

Does anyone have experience here? I did the covering before with 1 foot of
snow max.. but not with 3+ feet of snow.. I figure it would take much more
to keep it safe...

If it's a relatively open boat, then the way to do it is to make a
center support to place in the middle of the boat, make sure it is
tall so the sides of the tarp are steep for the snow to slide off, pad
the top, secure it upright with heavier rope bow to stern and
side-to-side (kind of like a May Pole), make the lines tight and then
cover with the tarp.

Or have it shrink wrapped.