25 Jul 23:
We've stored Sunfish in the garage, leaned up against a fence and out in open fields. Some spots worked better than others, damage from wind, hail and critters happened when we stored the boats outside without proper covers or security.
The big problems we see with the boats that we restore is damage from time spent ashore, ranging from severe sunburn to being crushed by trees. So as funds allowed we built covered structures to store our boats. Here is our first metal structure, which went up in Texas, famous for hail and windstorms.
Yes, those are metal posts, they will not rot in our lifetime. We kept the roof low to comply with our Home Owner's Association restrictions, our other option would have been a more expensive shed built to match our home's brick siding. The dirt was okay but it is not optimum to rest tires on dirt over long periods of time, and mud can splash onto trailer components leading to accelerated corrosion. We keep trailers for a long time, and do what we can to minimize damage.
One other structure we had for boats was a hoop house made from PVC pipe and poly tarps. It protected boats from the sun in Arizona, and worked well for the year or so that we used it.
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