greenbush future
Lieutenant Commander
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Re: Yeah ok so I'm gonna shrink wrap my own boat this year.
I had my 23 foot Century wrapped in this fashion and was able to save the shrink wrap too, I reused it for 3 more years. I just told the guys doing it, to wrap it with this thought in mind, my cord/strap was just below the rub rail, and that allowed me to untie the knot in the stern area. I added about 5 feet of cord to the ends in the stern area, allowing me to untie and then reuse the next year. Carpet roll tubes worked great for supporting the plastic wrap. Beats paying every year for new shribk wrap, and I gave it to the new owner when I sold it.
strapping would be a pain to reuse since it's knotted to the boat and trailer in a dozen places but we're talking about $10 ish....
the REAL savings would be in reusing the wrap..... as long as your support structure stays the same you can likely get 3-5 years out of the plastic
I had my 23 foot Century wrapped in this fashion and was able to save the shrink wrap too, I reused it for 3 more years. I just told the guys doing it, to wrap it with this thought in mind, my cord/strap was just below the rub rail, and that allowed me to untie the knot in the stern area. I added about 5 feet of cord to the ends in the stern area, allowing me to untie and then reuse the next year. Carpet roll tubes worked great for supporting the plastic wrap. Beats paying every year for new shribk wrap, and I gave it to the new owner when I sold it.