GL: Mud Berth Storage.

[jonathan olenick]

You might want to place a few railroad ties just in from  the turn of the
bildge to make sure that she doesn-t tip, and dig out around the rudder and
screw, Make a high pitched roof tent to keep the weight of snow and ice off to
keep her from getting too top heavy. Place ample heat rods throughout.
Perhapse upright rr ties as a carreening wall on the dock side, and as
stabalizers on the water side. Check with American tug as to their thoughts.
Certainly your (our) hull configuration is the best for what your
propose. Good  luck, Jon on Valentine




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From: fred <fred at tug44.org>
To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Sent: Thursday,
October 30, 2008 7:01:44 PM
Subject: GL: Mud Berth Storage.

Winter is almost
here, up in the frozen north (Champlain Canal), and the canal
will be closed
in 2 weeks.  I had arranged for winter storage at a nearby
marina but that is
turning into a comedy of errors.  First we planned to put
it into a nice
storage shed, then discovered there's not enough air draft to
get under some
power lines.  Now, they're telling me their horseshoe trailer
might not lift
the boat high enough to clear the keel on my trawler.

Right
now I'm running
out of options and must do something very very soon, before
the canal closes
and I get stuck right here.

I have been thinking of
letting the boat sit in
the mud right at my dock.  The canal will be drained,
leaving a nice mud flat
... just soft mud and no rocks.  The boat could simply
sink her keel into the
mud, and rest there until spring when the canal is
re-filled and the boat
refloated.  This has the advantage of being free, plus
it will be right in
front of my house.

I know there are a lot of boats
sitting in very shallow
slips, which drain at low tide, leaving the boats in
the mud and those boats
all seem to be fine.

Has anyone ever heard of a
fiberglass trawler be beached
in the mud for the winter?  Does it make any
sense at all?  Or is the idea
completely crazy?

Comments appreciated....
Fred
Tug 44
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