Re: [bolger] Storing a boat
I haave stored my Windsprint for 8 years outdoors upright with three
small overlapping tarps thrown over the mast and held down with bungie
cords. Water gets in -- the key is to bail it out regularly. Which might
not work as well if you live where the water gets hard in the winter.
Patrick
John B. Trussell wrote:
small overlapping tarps thrown over the mast and held down with bungie
cords. Water gets in -- the key is to bail it out regularly. Which might
not work as well if you live where the water gets hard in the winter.
Patrick
John B. Trussell wrote:
>During storage, you need to keep a boat dry and ventilated. With a very
>small boat like Cartopper, the easiest way to accomplish this is to store it
>upside down on a trailer or a couple of saw horses. I have a michalak Mixer
>which is stored this way and is now about 7 years old with no rot problems.
>
>John T
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>>While we are discussing rot and other boat wrecking subjects I have a
>>question.
>>I stored my Swifty 14 on its trailer, right side up of course in launching
>>position. I got rot around the centerboard trunk where rain water (In
>>spite of
>>a boat cover) laid.
>>Now in the middle of construction on a Bolger Car topper and wondering how
>>to store it when not being used. Take it off the trailer and turn upside
>>down
>>on horses? Leave it on the trailer and cover with canvas?
>>No room in the garage as that has been dedicated to a pottery kiln and
>>wheel
>>(Kiln has to be near the main power panel)
>>What opinions are running around on the best way to store a ply, glass,
>>epoxy hull out here in the desert. Not much rain, but it comes all at the
>>same
>>time.
>>I have kept boats on the trailer when I lived in the city and just sponged
>>up any rain water that got into the hull after it rained. TIA
>>
>>John Meacham
>>High desert of California
>>Bolger Cartopper. Swifty 14
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During storage, you need to keep a boat dry and ventilated. With a very
small boat like Cartopper, the easiest way to accomplish this is to store it
upside down on a trailer or a couple of saw horses. I have a michalak Mixer
which is stored this way and is now about 7 years old with no rot problems.
John T
small boat like Cartopper, the easiest way to accomplish this is to store it
upside down on a trailer or a couple of saw horses. I have a michalak Mixer
which is stored this way and is now about 7 years old with no rot problems.
John T
----- Original Message -----
From: <catboat15@...>
To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [bolger] Storing a boat
> While we are discussing rot and other boat wrecking subjects I have a
> question.
> I stored my Swifty 14 on its trailer, right side up of course in launching
> position. I got rot around the centerboard trunk where rain water (In
> spite of
> a boat cover) laid.
> Now in the middle of construction on a Bolger Car topper and wondering how
> to store it when not being used. Take it off the trailer and turn upside
> down
> on horses? Leave it on the trailer and cover with canvas?
> No room in the garage as that has been dedicated to a pottery kiln and
> wheel
> (Kiln has to be near the main power panel)
> What opinions are running around on the best way to store a ply, glass,
> epoxy hull out here in the desert. Not much rain, but it comes all at the
> same
> time.
> I have kept boats on the trailer when I lived in the city and just sponged
> up any rain water that got into the hull after it rained. TIA
>
> John Meacham
> High desert of California
> Bolger Cartopper. Swifty 14
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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> Bolger rules!!!
> - no cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming, respamming, or flogging dead
> horses
> - stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
> - Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your posts, and snip away
> - Plans: Mr. Philip C. Bolger, P.O. Box 1209, Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax:
> (978) 282-1349
> - Unsubscribe:bolger-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> - Open discussion:bolger_coffee_lounge-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005
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While we are discussing rot and other boat wrecking subjects I have a
question.
I stored my Swifty 14 on its trailer, right side up of course in launching
position. I got rot around the centerboard trunk where rain water (In spite of
a boat cover) laid.
Now in the middle of construction on a Bolger Car topper and wondering how
to store it when not being used. Take it off the trailer and turn upside down
on horses? Leave it on the trailer and cover with canvas?
No room in the garage as that has been dedicated to a pottery kiln and wheel
(Kiln has to be near the main power panel)
What opinions are running around on the best way to store a ply, glass,
epoxy hull out here in the desert. Not much rain, but it comes all at the same
time.
I have kept boats on the trailer when I lived in the city and just sponged
up any rain water that got into the hull after it rained. TIA
John Meacham
High desert of California
Bolger Cartopper. Swifty 14
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question.
I stored my Swifty 14 on its trailer, right side up of course in launching
position. I got rot around the centerboard trunk where rain water (In spite of
a boat cover) laid.
Now in the middle of construction on a Bolger Car topper and wondering how
to store it when not being used. Take it off the trailer and turn upside down
on horses? Leave it on the trailer and cover with canvas?
No room in the garage as that has been dedicated to a pottery kiln and wheel
(Kiln has to be near the main power panel)
What opinions are running around on the best way to store a ply, glass,
epoxy hull out here in the desert. Not much rain, but it comes all at the same
time.
I have kept boats on the trailer when I lived in the city and just sponged
up any rain water that got into the hull after it rained. TIA
John Meacham
High desert of California
Bolger Cartopper. Swifty 14
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