Boat Shelter Revival

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Rob55

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This has received lots of attention in the past. Just want to know if anyone has any experience with these guys. http://tarps.com/valance.htm

All so the discussion trends to how to stabilize the shelter. Has anyone built a rig that uses the boat's weight to hold things in place when the wind is blowing. Of course one would have to have the boat parked in side during the gale for it to work. I'm thinking it could be as simple as a few lines run from the shelter frame to the boat trailer tied with a truckers hitch.

Thanks for your thoughts. Rob
 
I just set up and took down a pair of these this weekend.

We use them for temporary shelter. They would not survive a winter here, but we get high winds frequently during any month with an "R" in it. If you don't have a lot of high winds, it may work well.

When we have had them up in the wind, we have put seine webbing over the top and secured that to the ground. It works well if it is not snowing. If it is snowing this will collapse the tent due to extra weight of the webbing and lack of snow shedding from the tent: the webbing acts like snow birds and holds the snow on the top of the tent.
 
I bought a 12x25 Shelter Logic ($230 at Bi-Mart) but didn't check the height very closely. Two Bears has a radar dome on a low arch and needs 10 feet. I need to jack up the shelter about a foot.

Chuck
 
One of those wouldn't have lasted two seconds at my place this week. I am thankful my house is in tact. My neighbor is having his roof repaired and a BBQ grill came visiting from somewhere in the neighborhood. Yeah, a full size, steel, outdoor grill!
 
Pandion,
There are two parts to the shelter. The framework and top cover are the $230. The side cover is the $79. The top & legs come in one very heavy box. They also have replacement tops and I don't remember the price. I decided not to do the side cover or enclosure. If I had it would have totaled about $300 for the 12x25 foot. I compared with Costco's offering and their units are just 10 x 20 feet, which I considered inadequate as my 22 is 27 feet from the hitch to the end of the outboard.

We went thru a blast of wind to day. I have the up wind end anchored to 6x6 gate posts set in concrete, so it's still here. But I suspect my blast of wind was nothing like elsewhere as we are in a deep canyon. The instructions go into quite a discussion about anchoring. They provide 10 ea (one for each leg) pins, about 1/4 x 10" which they say are temporary and give info about what kind of anchor to use for different soils.

Chuck
 
I bought the fittings to use chainlink top rail. $140 including shipping. 22 10' fence top rails $230 . Cheap 2" pipe cutter$40. 150' of 3/8 line the cheap stuff $20. Two hours in the garage to cut the tube.less than four hours assembly time by myself in wind and driving rain. I did it on the ground. Recommend a ladder and a friend. Used the tarp I was covering the boat with. Center and four corners are tied to the boat unless the wind can break 6 200# lines tied to 6000# of boat and trailer the fixture is stable. Two considerations. 1) have the boat inside and tied to shed when the wind is gusting. 2) untie all the lines before moving the boat. Pardon the fogged lens. Used10' for the legs cover is 10x10x13x26. Radar and anchor light clear easily.

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