I'm getting mixed opinions regarding whether or not to shrink-wrap my
boat. I have a 23' center console with canvas t-top. It cost me $12 a
foot to wrap it this year. Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say
the winter weather will not damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice
will damage it. I live on Long Island.

I'd be more than happy to save myself $276 on an unnecessary procedure.

What say y'all?

--
Stan

"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will not
damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live on
Long Island.

As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look into
a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor Freight Tools
is doing a fine job: http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
...
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will not
damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live on
Long Island.

As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look
into a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor
Freight Tools is doing a fine job:
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)


I watched the sales at princess Auto and bought two 12 x 10 foot silver
tarps to cover my 19' sailboat.
I support the tarps with a framework of five 'ribs' made of plastic plumbing
pipe.
Too much danger of ice/debris clogging the cockpit drains and allowing water
to sit/freeze for long periods.

Ernest Scribbler wrote:
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will not
damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live on
Long Island.

As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Geez!

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look into
a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor Freight Tools
is doing a fine job: http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)

I've considered a tarp, but worry about securing it sufficiently to
avoid it being blown off in high winds and damaging nearby boats. I'll
have to look into that a bit more.

Thanks.

--
Stan

Don White wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
...
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will not
damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live on
Long Island.
As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look
into a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor
Freight Tools is doing a fine job:
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)


I watched the sales at princess Auto and bought two 12 x 10 foot silver
tarps to cover my 19' sailboat.
I support the tarps with a framework of five 'ribs' made of plastic plumbing
pipe.
Too much danger of ice/debris clogging the cockpit drains and allowing water
to sit/freeze for long periods.

I hadn't considered the drains clogging. That's a definite concern. As I
said to Ernest, my concern is a tarp blowing off and damaging nearby
boats. I wonder if it might be worth purchasing a cover made
specifically for my boat. Any idea of how much one of them might cost?

--
Stan

"Stan (the Man)" wrote in message
news:THNsh.1037$2n.442@trndny06...
Don White wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
...
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will
not damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live
on Long Island.
As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look
into a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor
Freight Tools is doing a fine job:
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)


I watched the sales at princess Auto and bought two 12 x 10 foot silver
tarps to cover my 19' sailboat.
I support the tarps with a framework of five 'ribs' made of plastic
plumbing pipe.
Too much danger of ice/debris clogging the cockpit drains and allowing
water to sit/freeze for long periods.

I hadn't considered the drains clogging. That's a definite concern. As I
said to Ernest, my concern is a tarp blowing off and damaging nearby
boats. I wonder if it might be worth purchasing a cover made specifically
for my boat. Any idea of how much one of them might cost?

--
Stan

I priced a custom made boat cover from a local well known canvas company.
They wanted $1500.00.
That year I bought a 24 x 18' made in China canvas tarp for well under
$100.00. Didn't like it. Too heavy & awkward to lift up seven feet over the
ridge (mast lying horizontal).
When it rotted out after two seasons and one summers use as a temp shelter
while garage was demosished...I said no more. I want light and easy to
handle.
Thus two tarps and a piece of fishing net to hold them down.

"Stan (the Man)" wrote in message
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Ernest Scribbler wrote:
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will not
damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live on
Long Island.

As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Geez!

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look
into a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor
Freight Tools is doing a fine job:
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)

I've considered a tarp, but worry about securing it sufficiently to avoid
it being blown off in high winds and damaging nearby boats. I'll have to
look into that a bit more.

Thanks.

--
Stan

We just went through a wild weather period with winds gusting up to
100kph...cheap tarps still on the boat.

"Stan (the Man)" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
...
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will
not damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live
on Long Island.
As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look
into a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor
Freight Tools is doing a fine job:
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)


I watched the sales at princess Auto and bought two 12 x 10 foot silver
tarps to cover my 19' sailboat.
I support the tarps with a framework of five 'ribs' made of plastic
plumbing pipe.
Too much danger of ice/debris clogging the cockpit drains and allowing
water to sit/freeze for long periods.

I hadn't considered the drains clogging. That's a definite concern. As I
said to Ernest, my concern is a tarp blowing off and damaging nearby
boats. I wonder if it might be worth purchasing a cover made specifically
for my boat. Any idea of how much one of them might cost?

--
Stan

I bought a portable garage at Costco. Is a metal frame and vinyl coated
fabric. Was $164 and is 10'x20'. My boat is about 23' overall, so the end
covers slope over the boat. I do have a snap on trailer cover but figured a
$164 garage was better than leaving the whole boat and a $750 custom cover
in the open. We do not get snow here (rarely) and mostly rain.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Stan (the Man)" wrote in message
news:THNsh.1037$2n.442@trndny06...
Don White wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
...
"Stan (the Man)" wrote
Some tell me it's a waste of money. They say the winter weather will
not damage the boat. Others say the snow and ice will damage it. I live
on Long Island.
As long as you don't live in France, you should be okay
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/Slide3.JPG

Seriously I'd try to avoid leaving it out in the weather, but I'd look
into a reusable cover. But that's just me. (My $20 tarp from Harbor
Freight Tools is doing a fine job:
http://blizzard.zmm.com/glace/g20_on_ice.jpg)


I watched the sales at princess Auto and bought two 12 x 10 foot silver
tarps to cover my 19' sailboat.
I support the tarps with a framework of five 'ribs' made of plastic
plumbing pipe.
Too much danger of ice/debris clogging the cockpit drains and allowing
water to sit/freeze for long periods.

I hadn't considered the drains clogging. That's a definite concern. As I
said to Ernest, my concern is a tarp blowing off and damaging nearby
boats. I wonder if it might be worth purchasing a cover made specifically
for my boat. Any idea of how much one of them might cost?

--
Stan

I bought a portable garage at Costco. Is a metal frame and vinyl coated
fabric. Was $164 and is 10'x20'. My boat is about 23' overall, so the end
covers slope over the boat. I do have a snap on trailer cover but figured a
$164 garage was better than leaving the whole boat and a $750 custom cover
in the open. We do not get snow here (rarely) and mostly rain.



The past winter, the ChrisCraft "18 ft." Sat outside,a nd I took a
sheet of plywood and used it as a brace or "rib" ....sor of.
Anyhow it fit right on the top of the windshield and back to the engine
cover.


Covered it with a cheap silver type plastic tarp from Walmart, and
hooked it down over the boat and too the trailer with Bungies . That
did a really good job. It sat next to my car, so i could see and
inspect it going to and from work. No damage, no animals no water.

I don't really likke the idea of a shrink wrap, because of lack of
ventilation. I may be wrong, though.

Thanks for all the replies.

--
Stan