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Average lifespan with optimal conditions: 3 to 4 years
I managed to pull the tarp over the whole thing myself, but this year I'm calling a friend as it was a bit of work that would be much easier with another person. Knitting the whole thing together underneath the boat with the ropes they provide would also be faster with a partner.
If I could afford it, I'd fly my boat down to Florida for the Winter to live with my parents, but I can't. And, I have a sneaking suspicion that it would abandon me and just stay down there once it got a taste of the nightlife and realized it didn't have to freeze its cleats off for eight months every year. Early on, I spared no expense and had it shrink wrapped and filed into my local marina's boat mausoleum, which worked very well. Pretty soon however, my wife started hinting that I should consider downsizing (to a canoe) if we had to spend that much money every year to keep my boat happy. Initially, I considered divorce, but have since forgiven her for her callous lack of respect for the very special bond between a boater and his/her boat as I had a look at the costs and realized she was right; If I stored the boat on my own lot and covered it myself, I could save about $600 per year, all in. [links]
If you are anything like me, putting your boat away for the winter is not only depressing, it's a huge pain in the neck. Not only do we have to deal with the prospect of saying goodbye to those lovely long, lazy days on the which will yield to yet another interminable Winter, but we have to face the miserable chores associated with winterizing our best friend.
In the fall of 2012, by chance on a business trip, I sat down next to a woman on the plane and we started chatting, I learned that she was the president of a company that made boat shelters. As I regaled her with my tales of woe around the whole subject of boat storage, she smiled knowingly, saying that her father had had just the same sort of experiences years earlier and had decided to come up with a definitive solution. Her dad spent a number of years trying and testing materials and methods to make a shelter that was easy to assemble, sturdy enough to do the job, not take up a whole bunch of space in the off season, and one that could be reused year over year. The result is a patented technology that is really quite ingenious. more
When I called my Navigloo friend to let them know just how pleased I was with their product, they asked me if I'd share my experiences in this article. I am more than glad to do so because I've finally found something that actually does what it says it will do - and brilliantly.
Navigloo Plus All-Inclusive Boat Shelter System
Navigloo Plus All-Inclusive Boat Shelter System [links]
Installing a boat shelter for winter has evolved in the last few years , bringing an end to do-it-yourself constructions that could collapse over the season. Shrink wrap boat covers are used but it's a costly operation that must be repeated each season and the plastic is destroyed upon removal. Today there is an efficient way to store a boat with Navigloo Modular Protection System. It provides the strongest and most reliable protection. Navigloo is reusable year after year. It consists of a set of highly resistant PVC telescopic tubes forming the frame of the boat shelter. These interchangeable tubes can adapt to most boats 14 to 23 feet long. The system is made with recycled, highly resistant PVC. That's an environmental bonus. To connect and brace the frame to the boat, the system uses strong straps and fasteners with a high grade tarpaulin specially designed to adapt to the frame. Vertical posts are inserted in sand filled bases, then horizontal supports are added, and the junctions. Finally it can all be secured with straps. Navigloo's high profile eliminates the accumulation of any water, ice, and snow that could cause serious harm to the boat over the storage period. Do not store your boat over the winter without adequate protection. The creation of the Navigloo Modular Protection System took many years of design. The goal was to find the best solution for safe, quick, and easy boat storage. It's the best solution available to boat owners.
My pontoon boat was bought 3 years ago brand new and has endured 3 winters. In the first fall we built a heavy wooden frame and covered the boat with a large, lightweight tarp that was purchased from one of the bargain tool stores that you see nowadays. In 3 years we bought 2 tarps. The first one only lasted 2 seasons before it became tattered. After the spring of the 3rd year when my wife and I tried (and succeeded) to remove the heavy wooden frame, it almost damaged the boat and could have hurt or killed us due to the sheer weight and cumbersome shape. I did not want to deal with this system any longer. I priced having the boat "wrapped" by my local marina and they wanted about $400 for a one time shot. [links]
We used the lacing method that interfaced with the trailer instead of going under the boat from side to side. Navigloo provides you with 2 packets of rope. Neither is long enough, so you will need more. But they gave me one packet that must have run short on the assembly line, because while lacing up one side of the boat and unraveling the rope, we found that it was in 2 sections. Tying the 2 together will make it a little difficult to delace from the grommets in the spring, but we'll have to live with it.
The Navigloo boat winterization system surely appears that it can provide the protection that we need for the winter, but we'll have to see. As far as the installation, it is much easier that the conventional method that we previously used and we predict that removal will be much easier (and safer) as well. Lastly, they also include a quality storage bag for the components once they are stored for the summer and we are back on the water again. [links]
We used the lacing method that interfaced with the trailer instead of going under the boat from side to side. Navigloo provides you with 2 packets of rope. Neither is long enough, so you will need more. But they gave me one packet that must have run short on the assembly line, because while lacing up one side of the boat and unraveling the rope, we found that it was in 2 sections. Tying the 2 together will make it a little difficult to delace from the grommets in the spring, but we'll have to live with it. here
We used the lacing method that interfaced with the trailer instead of going under the boat from side to side. Navigloo provides you with 2 packets of rope. Neither is long enough, so you will need more. But they gave me one packet that must have run short on the assembly line, because while lacing up one side of the boat and unraveling the rope, we found that it was in 2 sections. Tying the 2 together will make it a little difficult to delace from the grommets in the spring, but we'll have to live with it.
My pontoon boat was bought 3 years ago brand new and has endured 3 winters. In the first fall we built a heavy wooden frame and covered the boat with a large, lightweight tarp that was purchased from one of the bargain tool stores that you see nowadays. In 3 years we bought 2 tarps. The first one only lasted 2 seasons before it became tattered. After the spring of the 3rd year when my wife and I tried (and succeeded) to remove the heavy wooden frame, it almost damaged the boat and could have hurt or killed us due to the sheer weight and cumbersome shape. I did not want to deal with this system any longer. I priced having the boat "wrapped" by my local marina and they wanted about $400 for a one time shot. here