[Rhodes22-list] Custom Tarp

[Rick]

Mike,

Thanks for looking that up.  However, a frame would have to rest on the boat
and I'm not looking for something so complicated.

Rick

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>wrote:

> I checked the archives and found an excellent design for a PVC frame to
> support a tarp by Robert Skinner:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/Tarp-Damage---a-solution-to9446036.html#a9446036
>
> There is an attached pdf that describes the frame in detail, including a
> drawing!
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>       Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Rick" Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:54 PM
> > John,
> >
> > A support frame, it seems to me, would have to rest on the deck.  Also,
> > storing the boat a long distance away makes it difficult to accomplish
> > winter projects.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>  If you're going to try to cover the boat and not touch anything you'll
> >> need
> >> some sort of framework to stand the tarp off from the boat. I'm thinking
> >> 3/4" PVC pipe maybe 3 10' sections bent into hoops and held together
> with
> >> T
> >> fittings to run some stringers between the hoops and use 2' lengths of
> >> rebar
> >> pounded into the ground at an angle to slide the hoop legs onto. Up size
> >> to
> >> 20'X40' rectangular cover and rope it to the ground I've been covering
> >> pools
> >> in Pittsburgh for 20+ years with these things and the higher quality
> ones
> >> are pretty tuff. It's the stand off structure thats going to be a
> problem
> >> when the wind starts. By the way don't you live in or near Cleveland?
> >> Perhaps considering the time trouble and cost for all this may I suggest
> >> parking the boat indoors for this winter while the paint cures? I keep
> my
> >> boat in a limestone mine in Wampum Pa. (2-3 hr. tow for you) The fee is
> >> about $385.00 for 5 months storage. The boat WILL get dusty in there but
> >> sitting out the winter in relatively constant temps and humidity dosen't
> >> hurt.
> >>
> >> John S
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> John,
> >>
> >> The paint is Awlgrip.  They don't want anything touching it.
> >>
> >>
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