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My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down
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On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter
wrote: My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. |
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On Jul 26, 3:46*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:21:38 +0100, Mark Arter wrote: Tim;934106 Wrote: On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter wrote:- My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter- My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. wow, you got lucky No. Any time you create a hidey-hole for vermin they WILL move in. Canvas covers for boats sound like a good idea. They just don't work as advertised, in the real world. Agreed. My brother has a 20 ft. Monarch tri-hull and he kept imaculate care of it. ... cover and all. That is untill a raccoon decided it could climb up on the swim platform and snuggle it's way under the cover. Then it proceed to make a winter 'nest' out of the seat cushions etc. Really messed up every seat and some of the carpet. Not good. I never cover my boats or my pontoon. I store the boats on their trailers in my warehouse, and the 30 ft. pontoon sat outside wit the interior stripped and stored in my enclosed barn for the winter. It works pretty good that way. |
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On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter
wrote: My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter BTW Mark. If your gonna spam for Covers Direct, you could at least include a link to their website. ?;^ ) |
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Jul 26, 3:46*pm, wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:21:38 +0100, Mark Arter wrote: Tim;934106 Wrote: On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter wrote:- My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter- My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. wow, you got lucky No. Any time you create a hidey-hole for vermin they WILL move in. Canvas covers for boats sound like a good idea. They just don't work as advertised, in the real world. Agreed. My brother has a 20 ft. Monarch tri-hull and he kept imaculate care of it. ... cover and all. That is untill a raccoon decided it could climb up on the swim platform and snuggle it's way under the cover. Then it proceed to make a winter 'nest' out of the seat cushions etc. Really messed up every seat and some of the carpet. Not good. I never cover my boats or my pontoon. I store the boats on their trailers in my warehouse, and the 30 ft. pontoon sat outside wit the interior stripped and stored in my enclosed barn for the winter. It works pretty good that way. Yeah, but how many more boats can your warehouse hold? Was your brother's boat in a marina? I keep mine, covered, in a yard with about fifty other boats, mostly covered. I figure the odds are in my favor if an animal should decide to make a home in a covered boat. Last year a cat had kittens in one of the boats - but not mine. |
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On Jul 27, 6:31*am, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Jul 26, 3:46*pm, wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:21:38 +0100, Mark Arter wrote: Tim;934106 Wrote: On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter wrote:- My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter- My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. wow, you got lucky No. Any time you create a hidey-hole for vermin they WILL move in. Canvas covers for boats sound like a good idea. They just don't work as advertised, in the real world. Agreed. My brother has a 20 ft. Monarch tri-hull and he kept imaculate care of it. ... cover and all. That is untill a raccoon decided it could climb up on the swim platform and snuggle it's way under the cover. Then it proceed to make a winter 'nest' out of the seat cushions etc. Really messed up every seat and some of the carpet. Not good. I never cover my boats or my pontoon. I store the boats on their trailers in my warehouse, and the 30 ft. pontoon sat outside wit the interior stripped and stored in my enclosed barn for the winter. It works pretty good that way. Yeah, but how many more boats can your warehouse hold? Was your brother's boat in a marina? I keep mine, covered, in a yard with about fifty other boats, mostly covered. I figure the odds are in my favor if an animal should decide to make a home in a covered boat. Last year a cat had kittens in one of the boats - but not mine. John I have one near empty building with about 6500 sq. ft. of floor space. I can hold a few boats. No, my brothers boat was in parked in his back yard in the country. The vermin ate on the interior pretty well too |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:51:37 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Jul 27, 6:31*am, John H. wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Jul 26, 3:46*pm, wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:21:38 +0100, Mark Arter wrote: Tim;934106 Wrote: On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter wrote:- My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter- My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. wow, you got lucky No. Any time you create a hidey-hole for vermin they WILL move in. Canvas covers for boats sound like a good idea. They just don't work as advertised, in the real world. Agreed. My brother has a 20 ft. Monarch tri-hull and he kept imaculate care of it. ... cover and all. That is untill a raccoon decided it could climb up on the swim platform and snuggle it's way under the cover. Then it proceed to make a winter 'nest' out of the seat cushions etc. Really messed up every seat and some of the carpet. Not good. I never cover my boats or my pontoon. I store the boats on their trailers in my warehouse, and the 30 ft. pontoon sat outside wit the interior stripped and stored in my enclosed barn for the winter. It works pretty good that way. Yeah, but how many more boats can your warehouse hold? Was your brother's boat in a marina? I keep mine, covered, in a yard with about fifty other boats, mostly covered. I figure the odds are in my favor if an animal should decide to make a home in a covered boat. Last year a cat had kittens in one of the boats - but not mine. John I have one near empty building with about 6500 sq. ft. of floor space. I can hold a few boats. No, my brothers boat was in parked in his back yard in the country. The vermin ate on the interior pretty well too I was thinkin' it was probably in a back yard. Sounds like you could pick up a few bucks on the side renting some winter storage space to folks in the neighborhood. The Quantico marina has a paved lot, where I am, and an unpaved 'back lot', where I was. The back lot seems to catch most of the animal traffic, what little there is. I did have a bird nest in mine last year, but that guy found an entrance at the bow under the shrink wrap! |
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John H. wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Jul 26, 3:46 pm, wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:21:38 +0100, Mark Arter wrote: Tim;934106 Wrote: On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter wrote:- My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter- My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. wow, you got lucky No. Any time you create a hidey-hole for vermin they WILL move in. Canvas covers for boats sound like a good idea. They just don't work as advertised, in the real world. Agreed. My brother has a 20 ft. Monarch tri-hull and he kept imaculate care of it. ... cover and all. That is untill a raccoon decided it could climb up on the swim platform and snuggle it's way under the cover. Then it proceed to make a winter 'nest' out of the seat cushions etc. Really messed up every seat and some of the carpet. Not good. I never cover my boats or my pontoon. I store the boats on their trailers in my warehouse, and the 30 ft. pontoon sat outside wit the interior stripped and stored in my enclosed barn for the winter. It works pretty good that way. Yeah, but how many more boats can your warehouse hold? Was your brother's boat in a marina? I keep mine, covered, in a yard with about fifty other boats, mostly covered. I figure the odds are in my favor if an animal should decide to make a home in a covered boat. Last year a cat had kittens in one of the boats - but not mine. I've been getting mildew stains on my seats even with a top-end cover. It's dry inside so it must be the humidity. I can clean the seats with a Starbrite product - the name escapes me - but it's a PITA. I tried a heavy-duty big tarp instead of the cover with the thought that keeping the water out with some good ventilation would solve the problem - no luck. The boat is always stored so the bilge can drain easily. This mildew shows up after only two weeks. I might have to find a barn for storage. The problem with that is I like to have easy, and frequent, access to the boat. |
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In article , earl83872
@hotmail.com says... John H. wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Jul 26, 3:46 pm, wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:21:38 +0100, Mark Arter wrote: Tim;934106 Wrote: On Jul 24, 12:40*pm, Mark Arter wrote:- My Pontoon of 4 years still looks brand new with regular use of a cover. I got mine from Covers direct and it hasnt let me down -- Mark Arter- My pontoon didn't have a cover, and still doesn't .. I stored the furniture in my barn until this spring. At least a raccoon or some other varmint didn't crawl under the cover and rip up the furniture and make a filthy nest in it. When I installed the furniture, it all still looked brand new. wow, you got lucky No. Any time you create a hidey-hole for vermin they WILL move in. Canvas covers for boats sound like a good idea. They just don't work as advertised, in the real world. Agreed. My brother has a 20 ft. Monarch tri-hull and he kept imaculate care of it. ... cover and all. That is untill a raccoon decided it could climb up on the swim platform and snuggle it's way under the cover. Then it proceed to make a winter 'nest' out of the seat cushions etc. Really messed up every seat and some of the carpet. Not good. I never cover my boats or my pontoon. I store the boats on their trailers in my warehouse, and the 30 ft. pontoon sat outside wit the interior stripped and stored in my enclosed barn for the winter. It works pretty good that way. Yeah, but how many more boats can your warehouse hold? Was your brother's boat in a marina? I keep mine, covered, in a yard with about fifty other boats, mostly covered. I figure the odds are in my favor if an animal should decide to make a home in a covered boat. Last year a cat had kittens in one of the boats - but not mine. I've been getting mildew stains on my seats even with a top-end cover. It's dry inside so it must be the humidity. I can clean the seats with a Starbrite product - the name escapes me - but it's a PITA. I tried a heavy-duty big tarp instead of the cover with the thought that keeping the water out with some good ventilation would solve the problem - no luck. The boat is always stored so the bilge can drain easily. This mildew shows up after only two weeks. I might have to find a barn for storage. The problem with that is I like to have easy, and frequent, access to the boat. http://www.autogeek.net/3m-mildew-block.html |
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