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La Dolce Vita
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Initially Posted - 09/03/2003 : 11:11:54

The price of shrink wrapping our boat has gone up $100 this year. I was wondering if anyone purchased from CD the sunbrella boat cover. It isn't cheap($806)but it can be put on with the mast up. Here on the south shore of Long Island we do get some nasty winters so not covering the boat isn't an option. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

La Dolce Vita - Ed

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 09/03/2003 : 11:34:31

I dealt with this issue seven years ago... my solution seemed to be tarping... but with blue poly or a more expensive tarp? I chose a bleached white canvas tarp from West Marine which I think cost around $150 which was certainly a lot more than blue poly tarps. It has provided eight seasons of tarping now... and still survives and thus has proved more cost effective than blue poly which last one season. Admittedly, my tarping season from first Thanksgiving to end of March isn't very long.

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Kip C
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Response Posted - 09/03/2003 : 14:48:51

This will be our first winter storing a boat. I also plan to use a heavy duty tarp. An idea I have to keep the wear on the tarp at a minimum, is to use swim noodles that are hollow. I plan to cut one side and slide them over the tops of the stantion posts and along the pullpits(I may use wire ties to keep them from coming off). Then, I'll space them every 2-3 feet over the mast, running line thru them from one side to the other and tie them off. At this time of year they cost about a buck each, if you can find them.

Time will tell if they help. Has any one else used something similar?

Kip Casada

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deastburn
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Response Posted - 09/04/2003 : 21:38:35

For five winters I have used a system I got from somewhere in the Tech Tips section. I have built supports for the mast fore and aft and on the cabin top that keep the mast about two feet above the highest part of the cabin top, and position the mast so that it becomes a roof peak. I then wrap line (the jib sheet and the former jib sheet and a spare anchor line) over the mast and around the life lines, working from bow to stern to create what are in effect roof joists. Then I put a heavy-duty 20' x 30' tarpaulin (brown the last four years, replaced with dark green this past year, over the roof structure and tie it under the hull, being careful NOT to tie it to the boat stands (mine is a fin keel). Total cost is lesss than fifty bucks, and the tarp cover hides the boat very effectively in the trees--no neighbors complaining about that "blue eysore". It works very well (brilliantly, as my British friends would say). It sheds snow, rain and leaves, it keeps the boat dry as snuff (the addition of de-humidifying crystals in two buckets in the cabin also helps). I no longer remove cushions or other gear from the boat for the winter--they remain drier there than in the basement of my house!

Dave on "Wood Duck" (#2616)

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deastburn
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Response Posted - 09/04/2003 : 21:44:11

Here's the reference in the Tech Tips section. The photo is pretty self-explanatory:
http://www.catalina25-250.org/tech/tech25/bearsad1.html

Dave on "Wood Duck" (#2616)

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Gary P
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Response Posted - 09/04/2003 : 23:25:01

Ed,

I have a heavy duty canvas cover made by Sailor's Tailor which has never been used. It did not fit my 89 model C25 but could not return it as boat name was embroidered on it. It will fit pre 88 boat. It is still in original box. The writing could be covered with canvas if name is a problem. If you are interested or want more iformation, send me an e-mail at ghp43@hotmail.com

Gary Phillips
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skipn809
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Response Posted - 09/05/2003 : 09:48:05

Where do I find this Tech Tips section you refer to?

Skip 1985 C-25 T/R #5121 "Corporal Punishment" N.E. Mo.

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 09/05/2003 : 09:53:32

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Where do I find this Tech Tips section you refer to?

Skip 1985 C-25 T/R #5121 "Corporal Punishment" N.E. Mo.
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Hi Skip,

The Tech Tips are part of the National Association's web site ... here is a link:

[url="http://www.catalina25-250.org/tech/tech.html"]Tech Tips[/url]

Buzz Maring
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La Dolce Vita
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Response Posted - 09/13/2003 : 13:08:05

Sorry that I didn't say "Thank you" sooner for all for the winter cover suggestions. I've been away for most of the last two weeks so I still have'nt decided what method I will use.
Thanks Again,
Ed

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