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Nautiduck
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Initially Posted - 10/10/2006 : 14:13:02

Do any of you C250 skippers have favorite ways of covering your boats for the winter? I imagine a "tent" setup using the mast as the top of the tent and a very large tarp. Anyone have photos of their setup? Thanks. Randy

We cannot direct the winds but we can adjust our sails.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 10/10/2006 : 15:47:05

randy,

Check the archives. This is a major topic every year about this time. There's tons on storage.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 10/10/2006 : 19:23:26

Thanks. I hadn't seen that "archived messages" box on the search page. My guess is that there are more posts on the C25 forum than the C250 as I only found one string about this topic. It was helpful but more ideas and pictures would be good too. Randy

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 10/10/2006 : 20:33:23

Can't help there, we're lucky enough to be far enough south to put on a jacket and go anytime. I enjoy winter sailing

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 10/10/2006 : 20:43:34

Tom, that is just mean.

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 10/10/2006 : 21:06:25

hee-hee

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bear
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Response Posted - 10/11/2006 : 06:59:32

Randy, I live in upstate N.Y. What has worked for me is covering my C250 with a 28x18 tarp, using the mast as a centerpole. Additionly I run closeline rope between the lifelines spaced about two feet apart and wrapped around the mast. Keeps pockets of water etc from forming.
The back of the tarp in the cockpit area use tie wraps to close and it does allow access to the cockpit during the winter months. Also I loop a 50 ft 1/2" rope over the tarp to keep the wind from getting under the tarp and tearing it. Everything is tied down to trailer with bungee cords. I have no photos, sorry

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 10/11/2006 : 07:11:03

[quote]enough south to put on a jacket and go anytime.[quote]
A Jacket? whats that?

We obviously don't have to worry about snow on our boats down here, but the sun is a year round issue (plus the gunk that the highways cause to drift down onto any surface.. we live about 100yds from State Road 7) So we keep JD covered at all times when alongside (we keep the boat on the trailer, but we refer to the grassy area at the side of our house as 'the slip' ... it's even on our landscaping plan as 'Dockside' :)

I purhcased a heavy duty tarp (silver) from Harbor Freight, fits great. The front is enclosed fully (line through the grommets) and the back extends to just over the top of the closed but laid back bimini top.)

It keeps the sun damage down, makes it cooler to work on the boat, and most important.. it helps keep the boat clean. It's amazing the amount of bio, road/industrial dust that lands on an exposed boat.

In normal weather we keep it bungeed in place, but if a storm is theatening we use the dock lines over the top to hold it in place.

Hope that helps.

Paul.

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SEAN
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Response Posted - 10/11/2006 : 13:32:34

You could make a mast support and furrler support.
Tom has a nice set up with pvc pipe, on his site

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Bubba
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Response Posted - 10/11/2006 : 19:37:02

Many people around here use water-filled milk jugs to hold their tarps down. I found out why one year when I tied the tarp down by running lines under the boat: They left stains on the hull that were hell to polish out.

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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 10/12/2006 : 11:13:39

We leave our boat in the water all year, although many Portland folks take theirs out. There are lots of nice sailing days in the winter. You need a jacket though. (Damn!)

Can you sail at Fern Ridge, I am not sure how deep or large it is...or if it is higher than Eugene and therefore gets snowed...

Come on up and sail with us after you get your tarp on!

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willy
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Response Posted - 10/12/2006 : 20:03:29

Randy,
I do pretty much exactly what Bear does. Using bungees rather than tight ropes to hold the tarp down allows the whole system to give a little in a strong wind. Better to bend a little and spring back than break. The rope "ribs" he loops from the mast to the lifelines are absolutely nessecary because without them, the water will pool and tear the tarp. I have used this technique for 4 years without trouble.

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saribella
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Response Posted - 10/13/2006 : 22:33:05

I am goin to attempt to fit Saribella into the Garage............after removing the stanchions (they need to be rebedded anyway). I do not think I can handle working on her in the cold and wind being that I am only 1/4 mile from Lake Michigan.

Edited by - saribella on 10/13/2006 22:34:30

rwbragdon
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Response Posted - 11/04/2006 : 05:12:24

Randy:
Sorry for piping in late on this but we shrink wrap our boats over here in Marblehead. Build a wood backbone from stern to bow and then shrink wrap over and around it. Removes the need to take down the mast and buttons the boat up nicely against the nasty winters we get here. We then add a zip hatch by the cockpit for access if we need it.

In the Spring you cut it off and throw it away.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 11/04/2006 : 16:43:10

I have a custom made canvas tarp from a local sailmaker. It covers 90% of the boat. It is easy enough to remove and store in the cabin for those days when I go sailing in the winter. We have flow movers in the marina but oftentimes the Potomac does not freze over, so if the temps get near 40F or above, I go out.

Sometimes, I have knocked snow off the tarp and then went sailing the next day. I usually do not put it back on unless there is a chance of snow.

If the photo does not come out below, I have photos of the cover on my website in the Section called Exterior and Interior.

http://catalina25.homestead.com/IMG_2018_Boatt_coverfttd.jpg

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 11/04/2006 : 19:16:49

Thanks all. I used the rope back and forth idea from Bear and then covered with a silver tarp using the mast as the ridge pole. It now looks remarkably like Sean's. Best thing is that I can get up into the "tent" and work on the boat all winter!

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SEAN
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Response Posted - 11/08/2006 : 19:45:50

the back mast support can be raised another foot by taking the pin out and raiseing it . I do that after i get it home . a center support for the mast is good to have too .

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piseas
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Response Posted - 11/08/2006 : 23:34:25

I live in SoCal and dont understand the term "Winterize" Today it was in the 80's. I plan to go sailing this weekend. Are you sure you are not referring to Winter Pies! Enough said.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 11/09/2006 : 14:17:05

Piseas, may your gelcoat oxidize in the hot California sun.

Randy

Edited by - Nautiduck on 11/09/2006 14:17:33

frog0911
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Response Posted - 11/09/2006 : 18:17:21

There is a very good article in Sail Mag. this month on how to winterize your boat. It goes into a lot of detail about blocking and bracing that will not mean much to those who have their boats on trailers, but the rest is very good.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/09/2006 : 19:28:53

"we're lucky enough to be far enough south to put on a jacket and go anytime."
Most of the time we don't even need a jacket...

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frog0911
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Response Posted - 11/10/2006 : 10:21:08

I wasn't going to mention that part and rub it in anymore than it has been already. That is the nice thing about having your boat parked 600 feet from the back door when it's blowning 10 and eighty degrees.

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