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Too-Tuff out of Philly
I order a 14x18 for the bow to the mast and 14 x 20 from mast back past the stern of Too Tuff dark blue for less than $50 total. Lasts an entire 12-month cycle and can withstand big winds if clamped properly. email me at bodonovan@vagazette.com and I'll get you the 800 number, which is at home.
I order a 14x18 for the bow to the mast and 14 x 20 from mast back past the stern of Too Tuff dark blue for less than $50 total. Lasts an entire 12-month cycle and can withstand big winds if clamped properly. email me at bodonovan@vagazette.com and I'll get you the 800 number, which is at home.
2X tarps
I have used 2 heavy duty grey tarps for the last 5 years ( same tarps) I use a 20X30 for the front- it reaches back to just in front of the traveller and a 20X15 for the rest aft. It hangs just over the rear railing. Overlap about 18 inches in the direction that keeps the strongest winds from getting under. I tried a couple of plastic conduit frames, one in the stanchion sockets and one using larger conduit over the stanchions. neither worked very well, both collapsing, the later bending a stanchion. For the last 3 years I have used a frame built of 1X3 wood- a ridgepole supported by verticals- about 6 as I recall- with supports from the rail to the vertical. Padded the ridge and any other hard spots with sill gasket. Take the stanchions and life lines off. I figure my cost per year even ncluding the duct tape to fix the tarps each year to be about 50$ Part of the trick is to use a large enough tarp to get well down the sides. We store with mast down. I tie the grommets to the cradle and get it as tight as possible, I use the allegator type clamps to seal the front together after it has been folded back. That is the trickiest part.
I have used 2 heavy duty grey tarps for the last 5 years ( same tarps) I use a 20X30 for the front- it reaches back to just in front of the traveller and a 20X15 for the rest aft. It hangs just over the rear railing. Overlap about 18 inches in the direction that keeps the strongest winds from getting under. I tried a couple of plastic conduit frames, one in the stanchion sockets and one using larger conduit over the stanchions. neither worked very well, both collapsing, the later bending a stanchion. For the last 3 years I have used a frame built of 1X3 wood- a ridgepole supported by verticals- about 6 as I recall- with supports from the rail to the vertical. Padded the ridge and any other hard spots with sill gasket. Take the stanchions and life lines off. I figure my cost per year even ncluding the duct tape to fix the tarps each year to be about 50$ Part of the trick is to use a large enough tarp to get well down the sides. We store with mast down. I tie the grommets to the cradle and get it as tight as possible, I use the allegator type clamps to seal the front together after it has been folded back. That is the trickiest part.
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