Leaving a boat in the water

Bouba

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I think this is a good idea…

But I do wonder about the logistics of deploying it…and what do you do with a ton of wet tarp ?…into the sail locker or stored on land ?…this would be difficult on a motorboat but on a finned boat it must take a lot of physical effort.
Am I wrong ?
 

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It looks like a nightmare to me, unless it were a lift-keel. I would only do it if I could fill the gap with suitably toxic chemicals to prevent or get rid of fouling.
 

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Is it just a skirt or a bag?

I leave my boat in all year and I do suffer from weed on the sunny side at the water line. It is easy enough to wipe off by hand from the dinghy. A skirt might be an idea to keep that sort of fouling off the waterline, although personally I don't think it would be worth the hassle.
 

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I've seen them where the top of the skirt has a pneumatic float and the bottom of the skirt is weighted. Its not actually a skirt as the bottom is sealed and the 'sheet' is keel depth plus. There are poles at the entry and you simply motor in. You then close entry. The end nearest the pontoon, in this case, is closed. You are now in a bag of water, add some America bleach, it will dissolve slowly.

They are a bit of a faff.

Marinas might not like them as if you leave for 2 weeks - they cannot sublet your space.

I had wondered about a bag you placed on your sail drive, and closed with a drawstring. Run a tube to the toe rail and again add American bleach - but it was too much of a faff to even think about it.

I've seen them on swing moorings.

Jonathan

I negotiated a deal with a marine in HK that I paid the same for them to keep our X-99 on the hard but would drop her into the water any time and retreive her when we came back. We had our own cradle. It worked well as we also had no need for AF and we actually sanded the hull to perfection. They had an excess of unused hard space. Better than a boat bag.
 
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What I have seen locally is that the growth still happens, but on the outside of the plastic, and unrestrained by anti-fouling paint. You then get a fouled heavy sheet of plastic that can and will sink under its own weight. Think how much fun that is to haul out and dispose, and then replace each season. And then there is the fooling around with it each outing.

I tested paints on floating racks the past 3-4 years. The floats and the non-painted sections got foul and very heavy. Hauling them to the dumpster was a chore.

The guy who tried it was not amused.
 

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I knew that if I were persistent I could find the commercial solution. The problem was that googling 'boat bag' came up with.... well.... bags.

But the thread continued its endless way with no attempt to add a bit or reality. I hate to see threads dying so....

Home | boatbag

Now you have something else to relieve boredom.

Jonathan
 
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