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Date Posted: - Friday - 11/20/09 - 11:45am
Author: Paul - 1971 mariner 31 - #106
Subject: Mast Winter Storage

Here in the Northeast, I need to drop the masts and store them over the winter...

I was just informed that the yard I might be selecting does no offer indoor winter storage for boat or masts

I can see two options:

1) I could build a jig to put the masts horizontal on the boat, using two dummy mast posts in the existing step mounts, and tarping boat and masts together...

2) I could place the masts with the others on the outdoor racks, but wrapping them individually with some house wrap (supposedly keeps out moisture but allows breathing), or maybe I will cut up a few car covers (same principle - no water, but air can pass)....

What are my fellow mast storers doing here?

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[> Option 2, for me -- Randall, Murre, M31, - Friday - 11/20/09 - 3:14pm

We don't put our boats away here (SF), but I've had Murre in a covered berth two winters out of the last five so I could work on her while it rains.

Each time I simply laid the masts on horses in the yard with all the others and wrapped them in the plastic blue tarps one gets at Home Depot. If I recall correctly, I got the largest available, then cut it in half, and those two pieces wrapped both masts with plenty of overlap.

This keeps the rain and dew off and, probably more importantly, it helps keep the paint or varnish fresher longer.

Your Option 1 is probably better, but a hell of a lot more work I would think(?)

RR


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