[Public-list] Re: winter

[Gordon Laco]

Hi there - 

I use a heavy canvass tarp too and for the same reasons.

We call it 'the Shroud' after the Shroud of Turin; our shroud has the boat's
image worn into it.

Gord #426








> Gordon and the A30 Family,
> 
> I was in Home Depot looking for a tarp which would last approx. one winter.
> The alternative was to purchase canvas 3 years ago. The canvas is still
> being used, breaths and lays down much better than the tarp. The break even
> point for canvas vs. tarps was 2 years and I am seeing a positive payback.
> 
> Stephen
> #114
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org
> [mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Gordon White
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:31 PM
> To: public-list at alberg30.org
> Subject: [Public-list] Re: winter
> 
>  I commonly leave Brigadoon II in the water at my pier where I can
> look at her. I put a blue tarp over the boom to keep snow and ice from
> accumulating in the cockpit. I put pieces of screen over the cockpit
> scuppers to keep leaves  from clogging them. (pretty big problem). I
> find that if I leave the covered main on the boom I need to put
> something  over the cover, as one winter the tarp flapped enough in the
> wind to  wear several holes in the sail cover. I do take off the roller
> furled  genny.
> 
>   I stick a hose from the engine raw water intake into a bucket of
> antifreeze and run the engine until antifreeze comes out the exhaust. I
> pump out the head as much as I can and add antifreeze, then  pump some
> more and add some more.
> 
>   I find that even if the creek freezes over the ice does not hurt the
> boat, even if it's thick enough ice to walk on. Down here in southern
> Virginia the water itself is warm enough not to freeze below the surface
> and the underwater part of the boat never gets below 32 degrees or so. I
> do leave a light bulb on to keep a little warmth in the boat, and the
> computerized trickle  charger on the batteries.
> 
>   I pump the water tank dry and put in a little pink (potable) antifreeze.
> 
>   I cinch everything down so the wind does as little chafe damage as
> possible. I top up the two fuel tanks and add  preservative, then turn
> off the valves at the tanks. One year when I didn't I got a siphoning
> thing going that siphoned as lot of fuel out through the vents.
> 
> In the spring I change the oil and the antifreeze in the fresh water
> side of the engine cooling system. (Diesel)
> 
> Anyone have better ideas?
> 
> - Gordon White
> 
> 
> 
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