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tim hopkins

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i store my boat behind the shop i work at . had a tiff with a fellow worker . last week i noticed that my cover had been slashed (across threads , clean cut). just can't prove he did it . used duct tape to pach as best as i could . had a small snowfall the tape didn't hold . ended upwith about 6 inches of snow inside cockpit . next day someone poured water on it . now i have 2" of ice on the floor of the cockpit . i then (this past tuesday)put some poly over the boat . we were expecting another dusting of snow . got the poly tied over top of the whole boat . that night the wind began to pick up . when we awoke in the morning there was 2 feet of snow on the ground . work was out of the question , so couldn't check on the boat . there was another foot and a half of snow durring the day wednsday . i got to the shop yesterday and finally got to see the damage at first break . the lot had already been plowed by then . the piles were 10 ft. and the drifts were 7 ft . you couldn't even see the boat from the shop . when i made it to the boat i noticed the poly had slipped to one side from the wind and about 4 ft of snow on top of it . the poly didn't look to be all off to the side . most looked like it held . most of the snow was caught by the poly . our temps are not supposed to go above freezing until early next week . then drop again after that . what should i do get the snow off now or wait unti the temp dips again ? can't get to it until it wams above freezing . what should i do about the ice ? get it off while still frozen ?or wait until it warms again to not damage the floor ?

it's a 14 ft runabout that i did a major restore on . the job is not complete yet. the floor of the cockpit is sealed with waterprove primer . thats all . i think that my electical connections from the front that hook up to the outboard(stored inside) are in the ice .

what to do ? any help would be appreciated.................tim
 
Hook it up to your truck and bring it to Florida, if the ice is melting to slow nose it into a wave and let some salt water in to speed up the melting. JK

I would imagine that the damage if any from the ice has already been done, so when it melts you will have a wet boat, the good thing is that it is a boat and is designed (depending on make LOL) to get wet.
 
Don't have any winter damage but the cold weather (37 degrees) is slowing down my yard work.
 
As ugly as your story is...I think you'll be fine. Just be sure to check all the connections and the wire itself in the spring before use, since with the expansion and contraction that comes with ice, that may have pulled connections and stressed the wiring a bit.

The floor is sealed and primed...it doesn't care. Pull your drain plug if you haven't already done so...it will allow water to drain as it melts. Crank the trailer tongue up to the highest it will go to aid in draining...and get your rig the hell out of there!
 
Get it recovered and make sure its in a position to drain. Wait for the temps to rise. You can do more damage trying to get the ice out then just letting it melt.
 
I'd be more concerned with finding out who the hell cut my canvas! But that's just me......
 
i pretty much know who cut it . just can't prove it . the shop is beside a public school . so kids might have done it . the only thing is my boss's boat is right beside mine . nothing was damaged on his . i will though wait for it to melt . but , get the snow off the best i can . i'm pretty sure that 4 new truck tires for his truck are worth more than my cover....
 
Great, now "we're" announcing criminal intent on a public forum!
 
my little 16 ft old boat sits out back every winter , no cover. the only time snow and ice hurts things is where the water get into areas that when freezs expands and breaks things. I lost a bait well pump that way. And as far as wire connections it's a boat, its made to get wet,as long as its not saltwater or acid rain.[:-eyebrows]
 
Salt water is not that bad, most fishing boats have raw water wash downs installed for cleaning up the mess after landing a monster fish.
 
My boat is next to my house on blocks with about 5 ft. of snow on it. Nothing on it but the Cockpit cover and that seems to be holding okay. I was thinking about going out and trying to take some of the snow off it but afraid I might do more harm than good so I think I'll just wait it out. Temps are supposed to be all the way into the 30's next week so I guess I'll wait and see what happens. I wonder if my Insurance would cover any possible damage but then that's an issue to be concerned about down the road a ways yet. I'm not gonna worry about what MIGHT have happened.
By the way......I'm sure alot of you guys ( and gals ) have heard about all the snow in Upstate NY the past week and a half?....Well I'm right in the middle of it.
 
A former Crestliner dealer here used to leave some brand new fishing boats unwrapped, uncovered, all winter long. They would be full of snow. In the spring they were dirty, but not damaged. Of course being exposed to the elements all winter snuffed out that new boat smell.
 
good news . the moron that i thought had slit the top , admitted to doing it . appearently he was drinking with the boss after worth this friday past . as he got drunker his mouth got looser and started to brag about the tarp and slashing the trailer tire . i hadn't noticed that . this morning as we started work . my boss showed up and started to blast him for what he had done . it all came down for about 15 minutes in front of the whole shop . it ends with he's replacing my tarp with a new one . and got a two week suspension.....

glad i don't drink.......lol
 
Great news for you, bad for him. Get the new tarp and move the boat. My Spider-sense tells me your troubles with this guy aren't over.
 
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