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Brian Commandant
New member
Username: bigb
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 07:26 pm: | 
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I am looking for a good quality tarp. We live in heavy snow area in Ontario and in the past have used tarps that when you get a wet snow it sticks to the tarp during the daytime and freezes to it when temp. drops. Want to find a tarp that everything slides off just like the strink wrap tarp material. Anyone know where I can buy this |
Bt Doctur
Senior Member
Username: bt_doctur
Post Number: 1189
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 08:41 pm: |
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Might try having a higher ridge ,this way the snow will slide off better. Nothing I know of to coat the tarp so snow slides. |
Guy Gaspar
Senior Member
Username: guyjg
Post Number: 5431
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 09:40 am: |
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Cover the tarp w/6 mil. PVC and secure it. W/a high ridge the snow will slide off. Note: the ridge needs to be solid so as to not bow under any accumulation. |
Robert A. Fierro
Advanced Member
Username: sandkicker
Post Number: 958
Registered: 06-2008
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 09:48 am: |
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And the tarp needs to be properly "tensioned"...
I go by the book and run a line around the perimeter of the tarp and then seperate lines from one side of the boat to the other under the boat tied to the perimeter line in between the grommet holes. On these lines I hang a capped gallon bottle of water (not filled to the top)... a convenient use for the left over antifreeze bottles from winterizing my engine.
Tieing the tarp down hard or even more strangely to the trailer, leads to failed/shortened life of tarps. My tarp was used for 4 seasons (Nov/April) and only now will be replaced ( the coating is starting to flake off)
RE: "higher ridge".... more than a 45 degree angle. I make my ridge pole out of 4" PVC pipe with "T" couplings every 4 ft. The "T" makes a nice "socket" for a support 2x4 ( w/ 8x8 plywood base) to the deck. Neoprene pipe couplers w/ band clamps makes it easy to put up and store.
I glue a 90 degree elbow on the ends so the tarp has a "soft radius" to go over. |
GJack
Member
Username: gjack
Post Number: 10
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 11:55 pm: |
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Make sure your boat is well ventilated. A water proof tarp not only keeps moisture out, it also traps it in. Translation: Mildew
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Kghost
Senior Member
Username: kghost
Post Number: 1030
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 10:32 am: |
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For me I do not understand why someone would "tarp" a boat. I understand $$$ may be a good reason but if you can afford it shrinkwrap is the way to go.
If the boat is clean and dry when shrinkwrapped it will be clean and dry when removed in the spring.
I have been shrinkwrapping my boat since I purchased it in 1995. Other than wear and tear it still stays very clean and dry all winter.
I believe it costs ~ $8-$9 dollars per foot now a days.
So a 20 ft boat will cost ~ $ 160 or so.
Now of course I do my own as I have the equipment so my cost is far less but I have been doing others for 15 years + and it works great!
I live in newengland and we get our fair share of snow and done correctly it keeps it all off!
Just my opinion......... |
Hy Stat
Senior Member
Username: hystat
Post Number: 1521
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 03:12 pm: |
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I put a 7 foot aluminum step ladder in my boat. I put an old seat cushion on top of the ladder and put my Canadian Tire boat cover over that. I bought the cover big so it will reach over the ladder.
Then I park the boat nose high on a sloped part of my driveway.
Some snow sticks to it, but it causes no issues.
3M Scotch guard on the cover once a year. |
Kyle Thomas
Member
Username: biltong
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 03:22 pm: |
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I don't have that problem in Sydney, but when I recently took my boat cover for soem patching the good lady said she always sews on a strong reinforced hook at the top of the cover. This can then be tied up to a tree above the boat to keep the correct angle for runoff. A few of these may help with the snow or one couls errect a guy stayed pole from bow to stern and attach these to that, or a 'sky hook' if you can find them. I thought she was quite clever as I have never seen this and its so simple. |
Hy Stat
Senior Member
Username: hystat
Post Number: 1522
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 03:32 pm: |
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That hook idea is cool.
One could make a simple tube-frame over the boat trailer and hook it on.
In Colorado, one could tie it to Falcon's helium balloon! |
Robert A. Fierro
Advanced Member
Username: sandkicker
Post Number: 963
Registered: 06-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 03:38 pm: |
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RE:" If the boat is clean and dry when shrinkwrapped it will be clean and dry when removed in the spring."
I tie/secure the tarp in two sections... all of the boat except for the last 3 ft... and the last 3 ft.
This allows me to untie the last 3 ft in late winter/early spring to do some work on the boat (under the nice high ridge pole) and still be able to refasten the last 3 ft of the cover for the occasional late snow fall or nor'easter. I've had snow here at the Jersey Shore as late as the first week in April. |
