On 2/25/2014 10:34 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:32:12 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Big problem with an in-ground pool up here is you'll never get your
money back on them when it's time to sell.

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Around here it can be difficult to sell a house without a pool. A lot
of people who retire here from the north have a pool on their mind as
part of there dream house. It does add a lot of tropical ambience
and is very decorative even if you don't use it, especially if you
light it up at night as we do. I use ours however, quite nice after a
day of sanding and varnishing.



I can completely understand that in Florida and other places where you
can use a pool almost year round. Up here the pool season is shorter
than the boating season. We included the heater thinking we could
extend the season somewhat ... and you can ... but once the nights start
dropping in the 40's or low 50's you start losing more heat than you can
replace during the day. A solar blanket would help but they are a pain
on a irregular shaped pool.

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:52:24 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:28:38 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:14:50 -0500, wrote:

My plan B is to get the guy who made the new top for my boat lift to
do it.
This guy works with 20 oz or heavier poly tarp material. That is not
to be confused with the 4-6 oz material you see in a "heavy duty" tarp
at the Home Depot. This is what they make logging truck tarps out of
but it comes in a lot of colors and some patterns. He will make
anything you want.

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That's the way I'd go. We had a new flybridge enclosure made last
year out of so called "trucker's vinyl" (vinyl coated polyester),
probably the same material you are talking about. It is 20 oz vinyl
and has all welded seems so there is no where it can leak. It is
much more durable than Sunbrella, stretches into place, and routinely
lasts more than 10 years down in the Caribbean. Unless you examine it
very closely it looks the same as Sunbrella.

Is it a local guy?
I would rather spend my money here if I can.

I am leaning that way too.

This is the top I bought. It took a few days in the sun to stretch out
all the wrinkles. This was during the "cold spell" we had a while ago.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20top.jpg

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Not local, we had ours made in the BVI while we were there last
winter. The people who made it do all of the enclosures and biminis
for the charter boats in that area.

Locally we've had good luck with Scotties Canvas in Ft Myers.

http://www.scottiescanvas.com/

Ask for Bert Hubbell and tell him I sent you.

True North wrote:
On Monday, 24 February 2014 15:43:54 UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/24/14, 2:29 PM, Poco Loco wrote:

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:36:14 -0500, wrote:


But, I'm up to about 20 hours and still no leak.


Perhaps a diuretic would help.

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