Under Cover - at last

[Duane Scarborough]

Hey guys,

I "finally" have my boat under cover.

I had a metal carport (I guess that it's really a boat-port?) installed on the concrete pad next to/behind my shop yesterday.

If I'd been smarter, I'd have done this a LONG time ago. Duh.

That way, I wouldn't have had to go though the hassle of removing the tarp, and moving it out to work on it for a little while, then have to go through the hassle of putting it back, and covering it back up, etc., etc., etc. That's been a PITA, and has slowed my progress considerably.

Plus, I would have had "shade" to work on it in, instead of having to work in the hot NC sun. That's also been a major PITA, and also slowed my progress.

Duh, I never claimed to be very smart.

Actually, I wanted to do this a while back, but couldn't convince Pam. She finally gave in.

It's dark when I get home now, so no pictures yet.

Here's a word of warning for others:

An airboat on a trailer (even a MINI airboat) with a prop cage on it, is pretty darned tall. Make sure that you take that into consideration when you go shopping for a boat-port.

Fortunately, I did consider that, and paid a little extra to have the boat-port made 12" taller than normal. I have about 15" of clearance now. If I had not done that, the boat would have been a tight fit.

Duane

[Papee]

Good going Duane, now move all the "stuff" out of the garage and put the boat in the garage so you can get it done.

[buster]

Duane,

Glad you won't have to make any more excuses why you can't work on that boat

I bought a carport a while ago to hide two extra vehicles when hail is predicted. We really got pounded here in '91, and we are very "gun shy" now as a result. I had just got my 30 x 48 pole barn up then, and I managed to get nine cars inside The only thing that I couldn't get inside was an old station wagon, my parts chaser, and it got demolished

Anyway, now lets see some results

Dave

[Duane Scarborough]

Buster,

I'll try to get some results now... Keep pushing me though...

I sure wish that I had a BIG shop like yours...

Papee,

The "stuff" will have to stay in the shop, and the boat will have to live under the boat-port.

I'll just have to deal with it.

Duane

[Flathead]

C'mon Duane,

Gi-r-done! actually, I'm thinking of taking a few days vacation from work just to get mine done. Got my redrive ordered from J-bird, should be here any day. All we need is a little time....
You have a great build going there, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished project....

Bruce