boatwrap

[tcm]

anyone done this on a powerboat. It's the plastic wotsit white wrapping thing. Any good? Anyone gotta contact for the so'ton area? How much ish?

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[hlb]

We wrap up great big parcels with cling film on a big roll. You might need giant sized economy pack though.../forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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Haydn

 

[BarryH]

Not sure about this. If you wrap up a boat in shrink wrap then surely its not going to "breathe" over the winter. So all moisture will be trapped and you'll get loads of condensation, which isn't that good.

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[jimage]

Be careful, I`ve seen osmosis on the deck of a boat caused by shrink wrapping. The moisture cannot escape and is warmed up by whatever sunlight is around. Perfect ingredients for osmosis problems. If you look at any decent made cover, it is covered in air vents......

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[jfm]

Not shrink wrap, but you could ask Drift covers in bournemouth to make a lightweight overall cover lijke below. Ours was exactly £1000, so less than 2grand for yours? Good thing is, you can re use for a couple of winters. Ours folds up into a full-binsack sized lump. The Drift Covers people were very good, name Darren I think, they knew what they were doing and will do southampton area. They do all sunseeker shipping covers

Some have said that a squaddie in one of these can look like a bit like a transit van. I'm sure you wouldn't agree, look------>

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[tome]

Are those radial or cross-ply rudders on your rear axle?

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[hlb]

Read somewhere that Durex does an extra large model with a bow shaped end thingy. Might need a bit of lubricant to get it on though../forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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Haydn

 

[Althorne]

Looks like you just got that from Tesco's. How long does it take to defrost?

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[jimi]

Nah that's just for ribs

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[hlb]

Yep. They said sumat about a rib thingy as well... Hope this helps Mat.......

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[jfm]

Frozen Turkey

LOL! Need a photoshop expert to paste some chippolatas (sp?) around it

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[boatone]

Re: Frozen Turkey

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....not sure if it doesnt turn it into a bit of a turkey...or maybe an old banger /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

 

[jimi]

Re: Frozen Turkey

ROTFLMSO

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[tome]

Re: Frozen Turkey

Me too!

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[tcm]

Re: Frozen Turkey

i must say this forum is getting very boring and dull! And not very boaty either. hah!

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[jfm]

Re: Frozen Turkey

ROTFLMHO!

Great stuff B1. I knew if i mentioned photoshop something would ping in your house and you'd be here like a shot.

Bio degradeable fenders?

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[boatone]

Re: Frozen Turkey

Your paraphrasing leads to a false representation of my original post ........

I must say that sausage sided definitely has a certain appeal tho.......or as a seagoing chef of my aquaimtance once said...."any pork in a storm"

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[mjf]

Re: Frozen Turkey

I guy on D pontoon had it done by Cranchi when his boat completed its first season.

He says never again - as someone else said damp sits inside. He reckons his boat will never be the same....

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[Roy]

When on holiday in USA some years back, I met a young guy who lived in St Clair - Great Lakes area, and his job entailed that he wrapped boats for winter storage. He explained that they wrap them and then extract the moisture laden air using a vacuum system - a bit like vacuum sealing of some food - i.e. bacon, fish packs etc. Perhaps if you searched on USA sites, you might get some pointers. Roy

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[burgundyben]

When I bort PT2 she was in a tent made of a scaffolding frame and a shrink wrapped white plastic cover, the ground was sort of boat yard gravelly dirt covered in a ground sheet, I often had problems with damp, on a frosty night it would get frosted over on the underside of the roof, the morning sun would melt this and then drip so it was raining inside which was rubbish.

I think if well enough sealed a couple of big dehumidifierers wuold prevent this form happening, I could not seal damp rising from the ground.

My paint and varnish now 2 years old and ok so cant have been an atmosphere problem in there.

I had to remove the bottom foot or so to get a draft moving and cut some 2 foot round circles in each end at the top, this made it ok in fact and it stayed quite dry, it was 300 quid and 30 foot long so would be nearly a grand for D2.

I'm not sure that 1 uk winter is going to harm your boat as much as maybe you perceive, I think your bored in the office and are looking for exciting and new ways to squander fistfulls of cash, what we should do, is run up the channel to Cuxhaven, through the Keil canal which I did once and is quite smart, then up the Stagerak to somewhere in Sveeden or Norway and find some indoor winter storage, they do tend to put their boats inside all winter, that would be worthwhile.

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