What are you doing for boat storage?

[BTDT]

[ssobol]

I used to do the vodka thing, until I removed the water tank and hoses.

[colbysmith]

[hardee]

[PaulNBriannaLynn]

Our off season is summer in our location, its just too hot and humid to function or want to be on the boat. The rest of the year is pretty good though. The boat lives under a full Angola canvas on the trailer next to the house. I remove all interior cushions and typically add 7 water collectors similar to "damp rid". Our local Dollar General has a generic brand for a buck a piece. Those will fill up with water often have to replace often. Did I mention its humid in Savannah in the summer?

I'd like to build an air conditioned shop one day for the boat, but in the meantime the Angola cover keeps it nice and out of the elements for the most part.

[SEA3PO]

I prefer using Gin...gives the water a nice evergreen smell...

[Nickolson]

My boat is stored outdoors in my backyard. Have enough space there

[Foggy]

Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative demands boat owners in this climate
store theirs on the hard.

So, mine's in heated storage with my motorcycle, golf clubs and beach toys.

Aye.

[little wing]

Parked in front yard. Should be fun trying to get it out of there with my two wheel drive pick up come Feb/Mar with snow and ice all around.

Personally, I like Brent and Dixie's setup. Sweet.

[colbysmith]

Toots, mine is at the side of my house, with it's own full cover. So far, we've had little snow and it sounds like we might not have much more this winter. In any case, I continue to keep a path plowed between the street and boat. Unless there is a big, long, ice/snow storm along our route south, we'll leave here the Thur or Fri before the Hontoon gathering. Colby

[Foggy]

Toots,

I would be more concerned about falling branches/trees from winter
storms than access thru snow.

It would be ironic to have your boat trashed by a tree, of all things...
for a boat... making you boatless in Oakland... come Spring.

Aye.

[SEA3PO]

I have been using Harbor Freight plastic tarps...they only last one season...always tear around the radar stanchion.....I like the idea of shrink wrap...but it's too hard to do... I bought the plastic and used to do that on my tug but it is a one time deal...and wrapping it after every use is a pain.

Joel
SEA3PO

[smckean (Tosca)]

I have a good roof over my CD25 on my property, but my main concern is keeping the relative humidity down. Last year I used an electric heater, but running it was expensive. This year I'm trying a dehumidifier every 30 days, or maybe fewer days, plus a small source of heat for the rest of the time. Keeping the boat interior dry makes a huge difference I find.

[Jack in Alaska]

This season it is shrink wrapped ($520) and in a storage yard in Anchorage. Pulling it back (210 miles) to beach home was too dangerous on black ice covered roads.
Last season it was shrink wrapped at the beach ($420) and it worked great.
All seasons before that I built a tee-pee frame over the back deck and then covered the whole thing with a big blue tarp. It was a big PITA doing it but it worked fine.
In all cases the batteries just set there unhooked, no charger and were fine each spring. On the trailer every winter. Temps down to -30F. 2-3' of snow on top.
One season I put my 22' CD and HR travel trailer in a pole barn at the fairgrounds. One weekend there was a 7' snowfall. It collapsed the whole roof system squashing the HR flat and crushing the cabin on the boat. Had the boat repaired for $6k and never put anything under a hard roof again. Another CD, the Ocean Dancer was more severely damaged but was also repaired.
I prefer the shrink wrap method

[little wing]