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John Ace
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Initially Posted - 11/09/2004 : 18:38:17

For winter storage with lots of snow, I have a cover for my boat. I'm considering elevating the mast on wooden supports (ridge pole) to get it high enough so snow can slide over the life line stantions and pulpits. Has anyone tried this? On my C22 I could remove the stantions, but not this boat. My thoughts are a 3-legged base fore and aft and a support in the middle.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/09/2004 : 19:33:58

Hi John,
I use devices called Mast-Ups, one on the gudgeons in the stern and one mounted to an abandoned trailer jack at the bow. I use 4x4 plastic fence for the center support, it is easy ti cut and fabricated to sit on the mast step. The cover does best with the spreaders removed. A lot of people string line from the mast to the lifelines to provide a support net under the tarp, it makes it stronger. My tarp is 20 x 30.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 11/10/2004 : 12:10:02

John,

Frank's raised mast is a good idea if you have a lot of snow and ice build-up and cover your boat completely. I rest my mast on a crutch and the bow pulpit and don't over-ride the stanchions/life lines when I cover for the winter because the pitch on top is too flat. Instead I use a number of 4x8 foot tarps, overlapping them from bow to stern, so that the open edge always faces west, the prevailing wind direction in winter. I use bungee cords to tie down the tarps, since they give a little in the wind. The tarps are less apt to tear using them. I do not cover the sides of the boat since I rub out and wax every year and because the sides of the tarp tend to wear out faster in the wind than the top.

We just had a high wind day, gusts to 40 mph out of the west, and everything held up fine - a minor adjustment is all the cover(s) needed.

Al
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dgabel
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Response Posted - 11/10/2004 : 22:18:04

I made up some supports from plywood and 2 x 6's. One stands on a board placed across the stern rail, one on a board placed across the bow pulpit. Each of these is about 2 feet high. I have a support whose base is open that I place at the mast step (the base surrounds the step) that's about three feet high. Each of the three has a rounded U-shaped slot cut into the top that accepts the mast, forward edge down.

I tie the mast to the bow pulpit and stern rail using cargo straps to stop lateral movement, and I use clothesline from the mast to the lifelines about every two feet as a support web. Then I cover the whole thing with a 20' by 30' tarp, and tie it down with bungee cords. Last year we had a lot of snow on Long Island, and I had no problem with snow buildup on the cover. Before I built the extended mast supports, I had to get out and sweep snow off the cover after every snow.

I pad the stanchions and the corners of the mast support with bubble wrap to keep from wearing through the tarp.

Dave Gabel
Walkure
1979 Wing Keel, tall rig
Wail 1484

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sbenson
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 09:12:49

Real sailors on Lake Wallenpaupack still have their boats in the water

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 11:13:52

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Real sailors on Lake Wallenpaupack still have their boats in the water<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Yeah, but are you still getting in the water and scrubbing the bottom? That's the test of a real sailor!

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 11:25:53

12 Nov 04, Low 28 degrees.
Current temp. 1135 am EST 13 Nov, 32 degrees

Gallivant, glad to be on the hard, brrrrrrrrrrr

Al
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John V.
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Response Posted - 11/14/2004 : 12:52:07

Hi Al, it was 22 degrees in Mount Vernon this morning. No snow yet.Nin Bimash is covered and the tanks have anti-freeze. The mast stays on but I use a frame work of PVC tubing 1" ID heat bent sliped over the stanchions (lifelines removed) and smaller conduit running the length of the boat duck taped in place.

I put an old wood stove in the small barn and am in the process of insulating. We were able to shoestring the Columbia 22 into the building so Grace and Liz will have a place to "work on their boat"
I think I'll be doing most of it, but I love messing with a boat, any boat.

give me a shout Al,,

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