We are scheduled to come out of the water any day now. The next preparation step is to schedule covering Prairie Gold for the winter. There are two general strategies - either use disposable plastic shrinkwrap or a reusable fabric covering. We decided to bite the bullet and pay the extra expense of going with the fabric cover and placed an order on Monday November 1st with Fairclough Sailmakers for a boomtent cover. There are many advantages to this approach. The Boom Tent cover, as the name suggests, uses the mast and boom as the frame for covering the boat. This means that it is not necessary to store a separate frame during the summer season. Thus storage is simple - just fold up the fabric and put it in our small storage unit in place of the sails. It is easy to install so that other than having the boat hauled out of the winter, we are able to perform all winterization steps. Additionally, it is easy to add to the boat when it is still in the water. Thus if next season we decide to stay in the water over winter, we will be able to attach the boomtent cover. An added benefit is that I would like to be able to have a quick sail in the harbor (weather permitting) over thanksgiving and/or the Christmas holiday one year. The boomcover tent should allow that flexibility. We will write a new blog entry when we have received and installed the boomcover tent to let you know whether installation was as easy as the advertising suggests.
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