On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:55:32 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

HK wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 6, 6:59 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Aug 5, 7:28?pm, HK wrote:
Why not buy a tarp and toss it over the boat?- Hide quoted text -
What- so nobody can see the dirt? :-)
D'oh...if the boat is put away clean, the tarp will keep the tree crap
off it.

Well, maybe a custom cover, or at least a fitted one, but those big
blue tarps are like Burka's for boats! There is nothing so ugly as a
big lump in a yard covered by some brown, white, blue, etc. nasty,
noisy, plastic tarp. Tied to trees, and secured with bungee chords,
might as well put a working outhouse in the drive.




Ah, yes...peel off another few thousand.

I got a bid last week for a cover for the new boat. Custom fitted,
don'tchaknow. $2350.

A major manufacturer happens to have the precise measurements for my new
boat and offers a similar cover, readymade. $350 or so, if I recall.

Tarp: $40


Harry,
The $350 is one hell of a deal. A Plastic Tarp does not breath and will
turn your boat inot a petri dish for mold and mildew.

That would be true if Harry left the boat under the tarp all the time. Just
remember, Harry put over a hundred hours on his last boat!
--
John H