[Public-List] storing salon and v-berth cushions

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

Hello David - 

We always leave ours in... I feel a little guilty doing it, but nothing bad
has ever happened in 36 years with two boats.  We are on Georgian Bay on the
Upper Great Lakes, so we have real winter in January and February.

I suppose the worst thing that could happen might be a mouse getting in and
chewing on things, but have to say that's more likely in my garage than in
the boat.  Years ago in Toronto we had an owl move into Touch Wood... We
knew it was an owl because of the nice tight 'packages' of regurgitated
bones and fur it left.   But no poop.  Apparently they're fastidious about
that.  Not so fastidious was a street person who moved into the same boat
for a while another season...

We cover SURPRISE with a faithful canvass tarp (which we call 'The Shroud of
Turin" because the imprint of our old boat is still in it)   That keeps the
boat dry inside and we've never had a humidity problem.

I have to say I wince a little at shrink wrapped boats.  Nice air tight
cocoons for humidity and mold...

Gord #426 Surprise


On 2016-11-09, 4:00 PM, "via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
wrote:

> I know that most people take their boat cushions home for storage in
> the winter. That said, I have run across a couple of people recently
> in our boatyard who say that they leave cushions on the boat over the
> winter and that they are just fine in the spring. I think they do put
> dehumidification products in their boats for the winter. I live in a
> place where it gets very cold in the winter. From December through
> March highs are often below freezing and lows can be as low a -25 F.
> I am interested in hearing from anyone who stores their cushions on
> their boats and what their results are. Also interested in insights on
> the science side of this question.
> My thought is that not having to drag the cushions back and forth
> eliminates one of the few things about my Alberg that feels like a bit
> of a hassle.
> Thanks for any thoughts you may have.
> David
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