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Prospector
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Initially Posted - 02/03/2009 :  09:39:57  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
Although I am saving up for my pole-barn/storage garage on 2X4 at a time, I am still a long ways off. In the meantime, I am tarping like most other northern owners.

When we put the tarp on the boat this winter, I made a mistake, and didn't seure the front hoop very well. Because of that, the sucker slipped off the edge of the deck, and is not supportin gth etarp at all.

This also loosened the tarp considerable off the rest of th ehoops used to support it. Every storm this winter I have looked outon th eboat and been surprised that no snow is left on it.

What has been happening is this. The boat is aligned with the prevailing wind sitting on its cradle. The wind blows into the cockpit, pressurizing the now loose tarp. While it is blowing, the tarp is puffed up like a golf dome, and most of the snow slides off.

In a snow storm with light winds, snow will gather only aft of the first set of stanctions, but slough off where the gates are (they are unhooked, and from the forward section of th eboat since the tarp hangs loose there. This means that next time the wind picks up, there is a lot of tarp to catch the wind, and it just inflates the cover and flicks off any snow that has accumulated.

This past weekend when the weather was good, I went out to clear off whatever snow may have built up, and to check the condition of th etarp. There was about an inch of snow in the cockpit, and virtually none on the tarp. This is the second time I have cleared the snow off the boat this winter and both times with the same result. By contrast, the snow is a little more than knee deep on the ground.

I don't know if I could re-create this arrangement next year, but I will certainly try!
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 02/03/2009 :  12:12:27  Show Profile
Maybe you could install a couple of those inflatable snowmen that use a squirrel cage blower to keep them inflated. Turn it on when the snow starts accumulating.

For that matter you could just get 1 or 2 squirrel cage blowers from an old AC/Heating unit that's being thrown out and hook up a piece of duct work to slide in the front and/or back of your tarp.

If you did the above you could re-seal your tarp down and probably get by with one. Let a little snow accumulate, turn it on until the snow slides off, then turn the blower off. Kind of like pneumatic deicing boots on an airplane. Wouldn't cost much to operate.

Filing my patent papers now!!!
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Deric
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Response Posted - 02/03/2009 :  19:24:38  Show Profile
Chris,

Yeah I have a tarp with snow all about. I'd like to see your pole barn when you get to completing it. I would love to have one as well.

Deric
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