Check your boat cover

eye spy · 02-17-2008, 01:02 PM

I was thinking as I passed some boats shrink wrap at the Marina's around the lake. Have you check your boat this year to make sure it as not caved in.

GTO · 02-20-2008, 10:20 AM

I got a call from a neighbor that told me the shrinkwrap on my boat that I keep in my yard had collapased under the weight of the snow. I had this done at a local marina as I have the past 5 years. When I got up to Meredith, I was surprised how much more snow there was up there. Lots of snow. The center board going front to back had snapped and there was a large buildup of ice, snow, slush built up on the shrinkwrap. Luckily, there were no holes in the shrinwrap except where the back board was sticking out the top.. I was able to tie one end of a rope to the board that was coming out and the other end to a tree, pulled it tight to pull the shrink wrap tight again and hopefully it lasts the rest of the winter.
So, if your boat is sitting in your yard up there and you haven't checked on it, either check it out or have a neighbor check for you. I can see the grass in my yard back home here but there are still homes up there with 2 feet of snow on the roofs. lots of snow!

Gatto Nero · 02-29-2008, 05:44 PM

GTO,

Might be time for another swing by for a redo. I checked your boat today and it looks like your handy work might have been compromised by mother nature's latest.

GTO · 02-29-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gatto Nero

GTO,

Might be time for another swing by for a redo. I checked your boat today and it looks like your handy work might have been compromised by mother nature's latest.

We are headed up tomorrow afternoon. Might as well get one more snowfall on it

Chris Craft · 03-01-2008, 10:32 AM

I have seen that a lot up in Maine. We lost the local store down the street from me and also from what I hear one of the barns for Naples Marine caved in and there were about 100 boats that were damaged or destroyed.

JPC · 03-02-2008, 07:38 PM

After reading this post I made sure that I went up to Fay's to check on my cover. It's a custom sail boat cover, blue canvas with vinal underneath, but the snow does stick to it. And this year, with the rain that we had, the cover had streched from the weight of the snow pack and a rip had started at the end of the boom. I managed to brush away the soft stuff and then slowly broke up the crusty stuff. The is the 7th seaon with this cover and have never seen this much snow up there.

All the boats that had shrink wrap were clear.

Gatto Nero · 03-03-2008, 10:31 AM

I have two shrink wrapped boats sitting side by side in my yard and between the two the snow had piled up so high that the snow on the boats had nowhere to slide off to.

Weirs guy · 03-04-2008, 12:23 PM

One of my neighbors stores their boat at the end of our street. The city loader has moved the street snowbank twice now, both time dropping some right on the neighbors boat.

02-17-2008, 01:02 PM	#1
eye spy Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Check your boat cover I was thinking as I passed some boats shrink wrap at the Marina's around the lake. Have you check your boat this year to make sure it as not caved in.

02-20-2008, 10:20 AM	#2
GTO Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,072 Thanks: 336 Thanked 342 Times in 158 Posts	good advice I got a call from a neighbor that told me the shrinkwrap on my boat that I keep in my yard had collapased under the weight of the snow. I had this done at a local marina as I have the past 5 years. When I got up to Meredith, I was surprised how much more snow there was up there. Lots of snow. The center board going front to back had snapped and there was a large buildup of ice, snow, slush built up on the shrinkwrap. Luckily, there were no holes in the shrinwrap except where the back board was sticking out the top.. I was able to tie one end of a rope to the board that was coming out and the other end to a tree, pulled it tight to pull the shrink wrap tight again and hopefully it lasts the rest of the winter. So, if your boat is sitting in your yard up there and you haven't checked on it, either check it out or have a neighbor check for you. I can see the grass in my yard back home here but there are still homes up there with 2 feet of snow on the roofs. lots of snow! __________________ GTO

02-29-2008, 05:44 PM	#3
Gatto Nero Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Isola Gatto Nero Posts: 696 Thanks: 162 Thanked 263 Times in 81 Posts	GTO, Might be time for another swing by for a redo. I checked your boat today and it looks like your handy work might have been compromised by mother nature's latest. __________________ La vita è buona su Isola Gatto Nero

03-02-2008, 07:38 PM	#6
JPC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Milford, NH Posts: 159 Thanks: 42 Thanked 16 Times in 14 Posts	Boat Cover After reading this post I made sure that I went up to Fay's to check on my cover. It's a custom sail boat cover, blue canvas with vinal underneath, but the snow does stick to it. And this year, with the rain that we had, the cover had streched from the weight of the snow pack and a rip had started at the end of the boom. I managed to brush away the soft stuff and then slowly broke up the crusty stuff. The is the 7th seaon with this cover and have never seen this much snow up there. All the boats that had shrink wrap were clear.

03-03-2008, 10:31 AM	#7
Gatto Nero Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Isola Gatto Nero Posts: 696 Thanks: 162 Thanked 263 Times in 81 Posts	I have two shrink wrapped boats sitting side by side in my yard and between the two the snow had piled up so high that the snow on the boats had nowhere to slide off to. __________________ La vita è buona su Isola Gatto Nero

03-01-2008, 10:32 AM	#5
Chris Craft Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 120 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have seen that a lot up in Maine. We lost the local store down the street from me and also from what I hear one of the barns for Naples Marine caved in and there were about 100 boats that were damaged or destroyed.

03-04-2008, 12:23 PM	#8
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	One of my neighbors stores their boat at the end of our street. The city loader has moved the street snowbank twice now, both time dropping some right on the neighbors boat. __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

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