Boat storage yards are expensive, while a regular cover will keep out rain, but it won't shed leaves or snow. that's why winter covers are oversize and have a frame like a tent. making your own frame for your boat's winter cover will save you money now and work at the beginning of fitting out season.. By far the easiest, fastest way to put up a storage shelter involves pvc pipe. you can do this job in a couple of hours or less. the end product looks like a quonset hut, with a semicircular cross-section.. Our pvc boat cover support frame will hold your boat cover up in an arched fashion so that the rain and elements can freely shed off the sides of the boat. "it took about an hour to fashion the frame using circo slip tees, slip crosses, 45 and 90 degree fittings and a few lengths of pipe", says joe ramey, founder of circo innovations, inc..
A good frame over the boat will accomplish both of these. this frame is inexpensive and easy to erect. after the first year, when there is some cutting and drilling required, the frame can go up in less than half an hour. here’s what you’ll need: 1” pvc pipe (10’ lengths; approx. 1 for each stanchion). Enclosed boat storage is expensive, but an unprotected boat ages quickly. store your boat in your own yard with this lightweight, easily disassembled cover frame. tools: pencil, slip-joint pliers, rented conduit bender, scratch awl or grease pencil, hacksaw, screwdriver, staple gun, measuring rule. This video shows how to make boat cover bows out of pvc. these bows "tent" the boat cover up in order to let the rain run off without pooling. these bows are cheap and ez to make..
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