[Rhodes22-list] Winter Cover - Harbor Freight tarp

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Elle,
The archives, the archives, my lady.  Please, a little more respect.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Slim <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Sent: Aug 15, 2006 3:47 PM
>To: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Winter Cover - Harbor Freight tarp
>
>Elle,
>
>I'm in Minnesota and last winter I had the boat in indoor storage but every
>other year it's been outside.  I use the mast (IMF) as the ridge for a tarp
>that covers the whole boat.  I take off the big mast crutch and rest the
>mast on the stern rail with the other end of it resting on the bow pulpit.
>That leaves a few inches of clearance between the mast and the hatch.  I use
>a life jacket to support the mast there.  I remove the spreaders--or rather,
>I disconnect them from the mast (one little screw holding the spreader into
>a little cup-like mount) and just let them lay to the side so they don't
>poke through the tarp.  I don't remove the sails.
>
>Some, like Bill for one, don't tarp at all.  So long as your boat is well
>tilted so water will drain at the stern, you'll probably be OK.  Freezing
>and thawing in the cockpit will not do any damage but freezing and thawing
>in the bilge might so be sure you have no leaks. But the boat obviously
>stays a lot cleaner under cover.
>
>If you had BOTHERED to check the archives, Elle, I wouldn't have to be
>writing this.  This has taken all of 5 minutes of my precious time while you
>could have found it in maybe five hours.  Please stop bothering us with
>stuff that was already covered here on the list back in 2002!
>
>(Kidding of course)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Slim
>
>On 8/14/06 6:08 PM, "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>> 
>> How do you cover your R-22 for the winter? Bow to
>> stern? 
>> 
>> I was thinking of only covering the cockpit to keep
>> snow from building up...Has anyone found it necessary
>> to cover the poptop?
>> 
>> The two small opening ports in front probably need
>> something to keep snow/ice from building up.
>> 
>> What have some of the northern sailors found to be
>> necessary for winter protection?
>> 
>> elle
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> For those who live in the northern areas and are
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>>> 
>>> 
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1435-5
>>> 
>>> regards,
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer
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