Canvas Shed for Trailerboat

[Les Schuldt]

I've finally splashed my Drascombe Lugger (Pics soon) and I've promised the wife she can have the garage back. I want to build a semi-permanent shelter on the concrete beside the house to protect the boat from sun, rain, leaves (no snow here). I don't want to just stretch a cover over the boat as this causes problems with the oiled teak caprail. I want something freestanding so I can just back the boat in.

Boat is 19' long and about 4 1/2' high on the trailer. I'll probably want a quonset hut shape to minimize the height. (Gotta keep the neighborhood association snoops happy.) I'm thinking a steel/aluminum/plastic/wood framework with plastic tarp cover and doors on the ends.

Any ideas? What's worked for you?

Commercial products?

Creative use of common hardware store materials?

Regards,
Les

[Nanoose]

Costco- canvas 'tents', very garage like, many park the boats (or cars) in em. Cheap - up fast - the nice canvas colored sunbrella like fabric looks good...

[Tom Hoffman]

Here is a web page for a Company in Dyersville, Iowa. They specialize in just the kind of structure that you are looking for. They are used around here as semi permanent inexpensive structures for hay or livestock or equipment. They can be opaque or transparent.

http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/home

[Tom Mac]

Yes, Try Farmtex, I just put one up, A 12 by 24, put in a 20 ft boat for the winter,and will start getting ready early in the spring, It is suppose to have a 15 year life. Happy with it TomMac

[Thorne]

And a lovely Lugger she is, Les!

;- )

Cabelas has a number of portable/temporary structures, one of which comes very close to your description -

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/Item/52/20/72/i522072sn03.jpg

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/common/search/search-results1.jsp?QueryText=garage+boat+frame&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=garage+boat+frame&noImage=0

Here's one a bit cheaper, and the optional green color should keep your neighbors happy -

http://www.sheltersofamerica.com/products/product59591c5ce4487762b0e85d035e15a347.jpg

http://www.sheltersofamerica.com/productdetails.php?productid=72&id=2#

[capt jake]

I neighbor 'had' one of those until the last wind storm. They make a great wind sail. ;)

[Spokaloo]

Around Spokane we call those Nylon Tumbleweeds....

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[Tom Mac]

Well yes, some will blow away, the Farmtex will be a lot harder to blow. To set it up in the firstplace, you put in footings, like 10"dia x 24" concrete footings. Just use a post hole digger, pour the concrete in with a long eye. Bolt it, thats it. TomMac

[Thorne]

Well, as Les mentions, he's setting this up on a concrete slab -- so he'll probably want something with footings that can be glued down with PL Premium or whatever. And the area is fairly sheltered with a number of redwood trees nearby, so I'd guess there are no really high winds.

[capt jake]

And the area is fairly sheltered with a number of redwood trees nearby, so I'd guess there are no really high winds.

After our last storm, I am less one 75' DF out of my 'sheltering' grove. ;) Only #2000 of limbs to the chipper.

[Swedish Fish]

Shelter logic is a cheap product. I would go with FarmTek's line. I just finished putting up(an hour ago) a 14x36 x 14 ft high Clear Span. Now my MacKanzie will nice and dry in tomorrow's rain. I put mine on sono tubes to make it level. When you pour your slab just put in anchor bolts and then use PT wood to secure the shelter feet down. I've got pics in the camera and will post soon.