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Sunbrella as a "boat house" cover??
(Long...jump to the bottom for the questions. Thanks.)
Here's the situation: While we were working on / restoring our boat my dad built a lifting hoist in our yard. It is basically four 4x4s that are about 12 feet tall put into the ground with steel beams going across them. The boat has lifting rings built in at the stern and bow. This his how she was meant to be transported / put into the water. Here's the thing: Dad has been looking into buying one of those rounded top type structures to store the boat under to keep it out of the sun and keep the snow off in winter. (Up until now we've kept her in the shop, but that's a pain to get in and out of plus we'ld like the room in the shop for other projects *smile* ) ANYWAY...Since we'll want to keep the lifting-rig I figure, why have (and pay for) a totally seperate structure to store the boat? Why not use the lifting rig and just make a cover for it? Now we've tried that with only a little success in the past. Basically, we've used tarps. The problem is the tarps wear through, break their gromets in high winds (after many months), etc. So what I'm wondering is...does it make sense to buy Sunbrella material and make (or have made) a cover? How hard is that stuff to work with, say to put in gromets or cut? Does anyone know of a supplier of pre-made tarps out of that stuff? Other ideas on our situation? Thanks, gary |
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