Boat Covered and tucked away for the winter

[steveinak]

Finally got my boat covered and somewhat tucked away for the winter. I've been using this 2x6 backbone and pvc ribs framework for about 10 years, didn't give it to the guy who bought my bowpicker because i knew i could adapt it to the H&H. Now i can get some heat inside it and get to work on building my split house, building some bunks and cabinetry down in the forepeak and most importantly install a Dickenson diesel stove for heat.

 

[Raider Ronnie]

Im in the process of putting up a giant rv/boat shelter
36L x 15h x14w
No more spending $350-400 for shrink wrap every year and I can work on it any time i want dry and with heat.
I do not haul out till after thanksgiving as my lay up is dec
1st

 

[Eastporter]

That's ingenious! Thanks for sharing. Do the pvc pipes go into rod holders?

 

[Tunascapes]

Im in the process of putting up a giant rv/boat shelter
36L x 15h x14w
No more spending $350-400 for shrink wrap every year and I can work on it any time i want dry and with heat.
I do not haul out till after thanksgiving as my lay up is dec
1st

I was considering the same thing for this year. What brand did you purchase?

 

[Raider Ronnie]

I was considering the same thing for this year. What brand did you purchase?

Round Style RV and Boat Garage

 

[steveinak]

That's ingenious! Thanks for sharing. Do the pvc pipes go into rod holders?

The ribs (1" pvc) go into a 2x4 that sits on my gunnels, i used a fosner bit to drill flat bottomed holes into the 2x4 and each rib plugs into a hole and is secured with a drywall screw. You can see the 2x4's in pics 3 & 4.
I cover the whole thing with netting that a scrounged from a salmon seine, the wind blows 60-80 around here during the winter and if i didn't have the netting on it the whole thing would sail off.

 

[harborguy]

heres mine , 30 x14x12 its a little short but ill shrinkwrap the rest. i had to lower the boat down to 12 in the bow and 6 in the aft,also

 

[Eastporter]

Thanks for the details guys.

 

[tashmoo2]

not sure where I link but thought this was also good option from Stimson marine. No one answers the phone though.

 

[harborguy]

thought id show you guys how mine came out. now i can get to work. very happy with the hoop building found it new on line for 1050.00. much better than making one from shrink and straping. only about 400.00 more than me making one from shrinkwrap.

 

[BillD]

Ingenious engineering ideas!!!!!
Dam winter!!!!
Well, we could all boat in S. FL and have the sun beat the daylights out of the gel coat 365 days a year!!

 

[El Mar]

Very nice!!

 

[Mike28]

Sweet set up harborguy!!!

 

[Tunascapes]

Looks great. What are you using for heat?

 

[harborguy]

thats a problem, right now im looking to find a oil forced hot air burner, but until then spot heating with propane.so far weathers been real nice havent needed much in the way of heat.im shure ill find somthing real fast when it gets cold out!

 

[Raider Ronnie]

I finished up mine a few weeks ago so I'll share a pic also.
Been trying to get out tuna fishing the past few weeks but this damn weather pattern we are in has me ready to hang it up for the year and use this shelter sooner than I want
Got a few more days (this coming friday & sat) I'm going to try to fish and probably gonna haul out after that
As for heat, you would be surprised how warm it stays inside these shelters

 

[tunaorlater]

Here's the cover I just had made for my cockpit. When I get home I'll post some pics of the past "work" tents we have built

 

[tunaorlater]

These were the last two covers we made to finish boats under. The second one is aluminum and Istill have the frame.

 

[El Mar]

Is the house on the release/fishwish DE composites??

Very different form the "other" infamous 36 NB we all came to love.

Is one Commercial vs Rec or is yours custom built??

Nice covers by the way.

Here's mine, going up in a few weeks when I pull the boat.

 

[tunaorlater]

The blue boat has the standard sportfish/lobster top from DE composits. The white boat we cut the sides out of the original top and added the sides from the cruiser top to give it a longer house. The cruiser top has to long of a trunk cabin so it was kind of the best of both worlds once the work was done. Only down side was painting a brand new top.