Harry,
And make sure birds can't perch under it either. :-)
I lived on Lake St. Clair for a time, I had a seawall with 7 feet of
water there. My neighbor to the left of me had a covered boat lift, but
it was cut into the land on one side, his property line was about 25
feet more into the lake. One day I was talking with my neighbor to the
right, I was admiring our neighbor's boat hoist and inquired what he
thought it might cost. He replied about $15K, (it was a while ago), I
told him I didn't think that was too bad. He said "Yeah, I had one just
like it till one spring the ice flows took it away. Then he told me that
they're not insurable for ice damage. Sure changed any plans I was
thinking about.
Paul


Harry Krause wrote:

Get yourself a covered slip. Keeps most of the crap off the boat, keeps
the UV off the boat.