Winter Storage

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Tug

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It is now that time of year when i need to think of winterizing my boat for the long winter ahead.I has been a great season..June to October...must of been out fishing a least 40 plus times...love my Classic Angler, best boat i have ever owned....Just a quick question about winter storage.Do you remove your bow anchor and rode from the anchor locker and store the rode in a cool dry place.. Thanks Tug
 
Speaking of winter storage, how about shrinkwrap? When I lived in Utah I looked into home kits and as I recall they were not too expensive when amortized over a few years. Anyone gone that route?

Warren
 
with my c-dory i never stored the anchor line in the anchor locker to begin with. i actually sealed the opening so that spiders and whatever else couldn't gain entrance. i coiled the line and secured it to the bow rail using a simple dock line holder attached to the rail. on my current boat i do store the anchor line inside the anchor locker, this will be removed for inspection as well as marking 25', 50' and 75' indicators. i will not place it back in the locker until spring, will not remove the anchor from it's secured location. i store my boat inside storage, this allows me the opportunity to work on the boat and not worry about someone stealing my tools and/or equipment. the building is 4 years old, has concrete floor and is secured.
pat
 
Pat , thanks for reminding me, i have been meaning to mark my anchor line also, not having anyway to determine how much line i have out is stupid. I might as well store my anchor line inside the house and while i doing that i will grease the Windlass parts. Tug
 
Doryman":358ab6g6 said:
Speaking of winter storage, how about shrinkwrap? When I lived in Utah I looked into home kits and as I recall they were not too expensive when amortized over a few years. Anyone gone that route?

Warren
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I'm not a big fan of shrink wrapping. You really want the boat to be able to breathe. Yeah, they can put vents in, but then what's the point of getting a skin tight plastic seal from the shrink wrapping? I think it's mainly for people that don't want to bother with putting a tarp on themselves or have to worry about a tarp blowing off or possibly flapping in the wind and causing some chafing on the hull/cabin. I personally always just tarp cover my boat, no problems so far.

-Mark
 
mjsiega":gsdundh7 said:
I think it's mainly for people that don't want to bother with putting a tarp on themselves or have to worry about a tarp blowing off or possibly flapping in the wind and causing some chafing on the hull/cabin. I personally always just tarp cover my boat, no problems so far.
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We get some pretty strong winds blowing in off the Pacific in the winter, otherwise I would consider a tarp. I have a custom canvas cover for the 22 that I am going to use this winter which hopefully will stand up to the winds. I don't have anything for the Tom Cat, and it has sat out in the open these 4 winters. Doesn't look too bad but I would like to do better, but maybe it's not necessary. The boats sit in my driveway -- no garage or carport, unfortunately.

Warren
 
Another good practice is to wash your anchor line. Getting some of the dirt and grit out of it reduces wear. I do a lot of anchoring, so in the fall I wash the line in a tub with some Tide, slosh it around and let it soak for a day or so, lay it out on the patio and blast it with a hose to rinse and remove more grit.

Then I cut the splice off the chain, reverse both rope and chain, re-splice, and re-do the line markers.
 
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