[C320-list] Winter Covering

[wflowe3 at netscape.net]

 Yes. let me know if you can't find them. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do that.
Bill

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Uhlman <uhlman at sbcglobal.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 11:10 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winter Covering










Have you posted pics?  Thanks.

Barb & Bob
Whisper, #1158

--- On Thu, 11/5/09, wflowe3 at netscape.net <wflowe3 at netscape.net> wrote:

> From: wflowe3 at netscape.net <wflowe3 at netscape.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winter Covering
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 10:57 AM
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>  They already have the pattern and it is pretty impressive
> how well it fits all the stanchions, shrouds, and other
> parts. I had to remove the dodger canvas and lay the frame
> down. The bimimi frame folds up against the backstays and
> doesn't have to be removed. The cover only extends about
> 1.5" over the toe rail. Hopefully that is enough to keep
> precipitation and snow melt off the decks.
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> Bill
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 12:28 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winter Covering
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> Bill, 
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> Did you have to provide them measurements or did they
> already have a pattern 
> for the 320? 
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> Also, how far over the toe rail does it extend? 
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> I want to get a cover and am torn between that or a
> feathering prop. 
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> Thanks, 
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> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod 
> 
> "Independence" 
> 
> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006 
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> Middle River, MD 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <wflowe3 at netscape.net>
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> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
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> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:13 AM 
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winter Covering 
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>  I bought a custom cover this year  from The Canvas
> Store in Hunnington NY . 
> It is the more expensive "over the rail" size and was about
> $2200 delivered. 
> It comes in three zip together sections and you install it
> yourself. 
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> -----Original Message----- 
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> From: Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>
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> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
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> Sent: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 12:19 pm 
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winter Covering 
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> I can't argue with anything below except the decision to
> store the boat 
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> with boarding ladder down.  My impression is that it
> is extremely hard 
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> on the boat to use the boarding ladder to climb on board
> when the boat 
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> is on the hard.  I have numerous stress cracks in my
> transom that I 
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> attribute to this practice.  For the past few years I
> have opted instead 
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> for removing the boarding ladder altogether so that no one
> is tempted to 
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> use it this way.  Removing it also leaves the transom
> open to make it 
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> easy to get onboard or off.  I just use a small
> folding stepladder when 
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> I visit the boat.  This works out nicely. 
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> BTW, I ran the numbers on getting a custom cover made for
> my boat by a 
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> local canvas shop in Annapolis, comparing this to
> shrink-wrap cost.  My 
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> impression is that you need to get a good ten years out of
> the cover, 
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> not counting any installation costs, to get ahead of annual
> shrinkwrap 
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> costs.  Of course the cover is a lot more
> environmentally friendly. 
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> Scott Thompson 
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> Surprise, #653 
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> Andrew Santangelo wrote: 
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> > Hello Max, 
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> > Well I did several different methods of winter
> storage.  Here we go: 
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> > * Two seasons indoor storage.  Pros: Nice and
> warm AND protected inside; 
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> > you have a comfy environment to work in during the
> winter.  Cons: Very 
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> > expensive; must step, unstep the mast - marina damaged
> the cables doing 
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> > this one time.  Grrrrrr. 
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> > * Three seasons outdoor storage, no shrink wrap, mast
> up, dodger up. 
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> > Pros: Cheap, and lazy approach.  Cons: Boat is
> very dirty in the spring, 
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> > lots of clean-up. No protection when working and
> visiting the boat in 
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> > the winter. 
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> > * Eight seasons outdoor storage, shrink wrap, dodger
> off, mast up. 
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> > Shrink wrap had a zipper door at the transom/ladder
> and the ladder was 
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> > left down during the shrink wrapping process. 
> Pros: Cheaper than indoor 
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> > storage, but protected inside the cockpit and
> deck.  On a sunny winter 
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> > day it can actually be warm in the cockpit and cabin.
> Everything well 
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> > protected and fairly clean.  Cons: Somewhat
> expensive compared to no 
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> > covering.  Some what of a pain unwrapping the
> boat; on the other hand 
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> > treat it as a spring present you are opening! 
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> > The last option worked best for me. 
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> > FYI:  When the boat was delivered to SFO everyone
> thought it was a new 
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> > or nearly new boat.  They did not realize it was
> a 1996 vessel.  The 
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> > great benefits of fresh water sailing.  Of course
> now I torment the boat 
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> > with salt water! 
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> > Best Regards, 
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> > Andrew 
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> > C320 "Dawn Treader" 
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> > #333 
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> > Pier 39 SFO 
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> > On Oct 31, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Max Ruddy wrote: 
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> >> Hey everyone...  Does everyone cover there
> boat when on the hard in 
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> >> winter, cold climates like that of Michigan,
> Maine, Colorado etc. 
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> >> What are the various recommendations.  I
> assume most leave the stick 
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> >> up when covering? 
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> >> Thanks, 
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> >> Max 
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> >> Sail la vie #277 
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> Scott Thompson 
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> Surprise, #653 
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