[Rhodes22-list] RE:Winter Storage

[Ronald Lipton]

I see no reason to remove the sails.  I remove the spreaders and wrap  
the
mast with the green stretch plastic wrapping tape   This keeps all the
sails, boom and rigging in place and makes for a nice trailering  
package.

Ron Lipton
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 06:19 PM, Jim Connolly wrote:

> I wish I had enough space to store the mast indoors, but I don't.
>
> The mast will be stored with the IMF slot down and the spreaders off.   
>  The
> jib will be protected by more than just it's self-cover.  I plan to  
> wrap
> the mast (plus jub furler and stays) in a plastic sleeve to protect the
> parts that stick out from beneath the tarp.
>
> Given this, does anyone feel it necessary to remove the mainsail and  
> jib
> from their respective tubes and store inside?
>
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
>
>
> On Friday, September 26, 2003 4:25 PM, CarolN8 at aol.com
> [SMTP:CarolN8 at aol.com] wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> I have always just put a tarp over the top for the winter storage and  
>> had
> no
>> problems until last spring when we got 6 feet of snow.  The spreaders
> bent
>> under the weight as it melted and became very heavy. So I suggest you
> remove the
>> speader bars before putting on the tarp (as I will from now on!)
>>
>> Carol
>> s/v Painkiller
>>
>> ========Original Message========
>> Subj:    [rhodes-list] Winter Storage
>>  Date:   9/25/2003 6:30:47 AM Mountain Daylight Time
>>  From:   <A
> HREF="mailto:jbconnolly at comcast.net">jbconnolly at comcast.net</A>
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> A>, <A
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>>
>>
>>
>> I am facing up to the likelihood that after pulling the boat out of  
>> the
> water
>>
>> prior to my vacation, I may not get her back in this year.  Too much
> other
>> stuff to do.
>>
>> In previous sailboats, I have stored on the trailer using the mast as  
>> a
>> tarpaulin support pole, and supported the (horizontal) mast at the  
>> bow,
>> stern,
>> tabernacle, and sometimes also a fourth support in the cockpit area.
>>
>> Aside from the fact that the mast would need additional support  
>> between
> the
>> bow
>> rail and stern rail, I have the GB mast-raising system with the tall  
>> aft
> mast
>>
>> crutch, so the mast isn't horizontal.
>>
>> How do people arrange their boats for winter storage?  Anybody just  
>> add
> more
>> support and wrap her up with the mast on the GB support, or is that a  
>> bad
>> idea?  Is the GB crutch strong enough to take this sort of load?  2'  
>> of
> snow
>> on
>> my old R-19 tarp partially collapsed the aft mast crutch on me once.   
>> No
>> damage
>> to the boat or mast as a result, but I would prefer to avoid similar
>> situations
>> in the future.
>>
>> BTW, the long-term weather forecast and the "Old Farmer's Almanac"
> apparently
>>
>> agree that this coming winter will be similar to the last, with snow  
>> from
>> November to April, (FWIW).  We had near-record snow totals here in MA.
>>
>>
>> Jim Connolly
>> s/v Inisheer
>> 1985
>>
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