Winter cover - scaffolding

[4x15mph]

I use the OEM cover on my LS2000 and last year with the snow, the cover ripped where the anti-pool pole sits under the cover. I want to create some kind of scaffolding so this doesn't happen again and I also want to take the weight off of the 2 plastic console/dashboard covers.

Can I see some "easy" ideas of what others have done? I want to continue to use the oem cover.

One other idea is to drape a huge tarp over my tower around the boat since the angle would be very steep. My boat sits in my yard though and with that large of a tarp, it would not go unnoticed....

 

[Speedling]

PVC!
I haven't used it for this purpose but obviously it would be the ideal thing to do/use.
I would just make two T 's, one for the front and rear, that sit on the floor. Give it like a foot on either side (perhaps less up in the bow) and maybe even figure on a third one for the middle by the windshields.
Then come up to a height about 8-10 inches above the sides of the boat and use more T's to allow one piece of 8-10 foot long pvc to go from front to back. This will shed the water no problem as long as it is high enough!
You will have to determine how much slack your cover gives you and how high you want to go with it. Should be a total of 3 10' sticks of 2" pvc and 6 T's.

 

[96Pirate]

X2 on the PVC. I was going to do this last year but might try this year. My thought was to build a frame slightly larger than what the cover lays on but with more support throughout the surface area. The additional support would hopefully prevent the cover from sagging too much from snow but the snow would still need to be removed shortly after as you would not want it to sit there. I think the biggest issue would be with angles as pvc elbows only come in certain degrees. Sorry, no pic as I have not done it yet.

Another idea would be using a jigsaw to cut sections of plywood with a curved profile and then screw battens to the top. This would allow the cover to lay over the battens. You would need to build a frame for the plywood to mount to with the appropriate support from the deck. Kind of like building the hull of a boat. This might be a little overkill though...but I am a wood guy.

 

[Chillypilot]

I used PVC the first year I shrink wrapped the boat. One pipe snapped after a heavy snowfall, piercing the shrink wrap. A pain I the ass to fix in January. Now have a reusable frame built from 2x4 and 2x6. Much stronger.

 

[96Pirate]

Haha...I don't get heavy snow falls down here. But we do get ice sometimes which can be heavy. Maybe wood is the better option. Do you have a pic of the frame you built @Chillypilot?

 

[Chillypilot]

Haha...I don't get heavy snow falls down here. But we do get ice sometimes which can be heavy. Maybe wood is the better option. Do you have a pic of the frame you built @Chillypilot?

I will in a few days. Cold weather coming!

 

[Bruce]

I have seen a few ads for these Navigloo covers. They are around $500.

 

[Neutron]

When i was in the north i used a stack on milk crates ziptied together with a pad on top to keep the corners from cutting the cover. It took a lot of snow and no issues.
I used a stack in the bow and one in the stern

 

[McMark]

Tarping over the tower works. I put a piece of pool noodle on the anchor light to keep the tarp off of it. Then bungee to the trailer frame. I covered the hitch tongue with the tarp as well. It takes a lot of tarp and you have to deal with excess on the sides at the front and back. Snow slides right off.

 

[Zarrella]

Maybe you could make a frame similar to navigloo only build it to the ground instead of putting the load on the boat.

 

[jcyamaharider]

http://www.menards.com/main/buildin...41924568-c-10153.htm?tid=-6173964673387277764

I love my shelter! Easy to put up and keeps the elements off the boat.

 

[Speedling]

http://www.menards.com/main/buildin...41924568-c-10153.htm?tid=-6173964673387277764

I love my shelter! Easy to put up and keeps the elements off the boat.

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I have the fire chief down my road. If i leave the wheelbarrow in the yard too long he says i need a permit. I would be paying every year for a permit to put that up!

 

[jcyamaharider]

I have the fire chief down my road. If i leave the wheelbarrow in the yard too long he says i need a permit. I would be paying every year for a permit to put that up!

I know the feeling. I have a neighbor of mine( not next door but 2 houses down ) that doesn't like me I guess????? He gets mad because I have stuff in my yard all of the time but there is nothing he can do about it. Everything is licensed, no HOA where I live, and Everyone in town has the same stuff just not him. My side yard is a little more cluttered with the addition of the camper now, but WELL worth it!


Disregard the trailer full of trash it is going to the dump this weekend, I am not keeping it there....lol

 

[RightStuff]

I might look into having a winter cover made that would be pretty close to the Premium Deluxe Cover Yamaha sells, but here's what I would do differently to make it for outdoor winter storage (really to just keep snow off). What else should I think about adding? I have a parking spot outside that is in the shade most of the day, so I'm not worried about fading the hull colors from sun damage, just keeping the snow off really.

• Have 3 anti-pooling poles, 2 in the normal spot and one more in the center, and have all 3 taller than they are currently to up the slope's angle to the sides. Maybe have it go all the way up/over the tower instead of that center pole?
• Make it of heavier/thicker material, maybe more of a rubberized material.
• Other features?