Boat covers that dont blow away?

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I am thinking of buying a 1976 Vindo40 (32ft), she has teak decks Grp hull and wooden cabin roof.
These are all in lovely condition and the boat has been kept undercover storage during the past few winters.
I want to keep the boat in this condition but I dont want to spend £2000 each winter for storage.
Can anybody recommend a good boat cover that will allow the boat to be kept dry during the winter and wont get blown off in the first gale.
 
I would suggest a bespoke cover to fit the boat would probably work out best and cheaper in the long run. Provided you have the funds.

Most sailmakers will quote you for this. Also worth keeping it on sometimes in the summer if you are going to be away for a while.

Nice boat. Worth looking after.
 
Superb boat. Wonderfully crafted wall to wall teak interior. Can you divulge her name, or maybe where she is located (area) ?

Pete
 
Nice boat and looks to be at a nice price too.

My parents have a wooden boat that they keep in the boatyard at Tighnabruaich.

For the winter, a wooden boat or a boat with a superstructure such as the Vindo needs two main things..

1 Protection from the elements
2 Ventilation

It would be best to go to a tarpaulin supplier. there are a couple that advertise in either PBO or YM - cant remember.

Thing is to make a support for the tarp to keep the whole thing properly supported.

What we did was to get pine poles - an number were needed and we made fibreglass sockets to joint up a few. We have three running the length each side , port & starboard supported on A frames and a ridge pole. All wood knocked together quite quickly with a saw and a hammer.

From the ridge pole we then made our measurements for the tarp to cover deck and topsides down to the waterline. The outside pine poles running fore and aft are far enough out so that the tarp does not touch the topsides.

The whole thing is then tied down - you can use old batteries and it doesn't weigh that much. The heaviest part is the tarpaulin.

It is quite difficult to describe, but quite easy to construct, my parent's has lasted 20 years and will go on and on....

Donald
 
Thanks all I will look at rigging tarpaulin "Tent" or bespoke canvas I think.
Whatt is "Shrinkwrap"?
If your interested I'll let you know the boats name and location once I've done the deal Seaboots. (Having got gazumped on my last purchase attempt I'm a little wary now, sorry!)
 
Was on a boat today that has a purpose-made full tarp cover, with zippy up bits to allow easy boarding. It's been on the boat all through the winter, which was very windy, with no damage.

Eye watering price, but I guess if you can amortise it over many years and cost in, as a benefit, the reduction in maintenance it may not be so bad.
 
shrinkwrapped is when the boat is covered in plastic sheeting and the air sucked out of it the same as you get in some super market products. But i think can only be used once.
 
Proceed to a supplier of lorry tarpaulins - the real things, and not these pieces of gauze that claim to be tarpaulins. Very reasonably priced, cut to shape, with eyelets and lashing cords, will last for 15+ years. Mine have. Best cut your coverage in 2 to make for ease of handling, these babies are not lightweight - that's why they stay in place whilst your neighbours' are adorning the nearby trees!

PWG
 
To stop it blowing away make sure that it is tighly wrapped underneath the hull. In a gale, the smallest gap will fill it like a spinnaker and tear it to pieces, the forces in a flogging tarpaulin are formidable. This one made of thin cheap tarpualin but did survive a winter and at least one very bad storm:-

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