Can Boat Shrink Wrap Be Shrunk Again for Reuse

jssailem · October 22, 2014 17,155 CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA

Cistron never had this problem. Did a quick search and discovers their link.
Information technology may be of aid.

dlochner · Jan 11, 2014 8,344 Sabre 362 113 Off-white Oasis, NY

If the shrink wrap removal is not successful, consider a custom canvas and frame embrace. There are a number of brands, Fairclough is on. These are expensive upfront, However the suspension even point is well-nigh three-4 years. with care the cover volition 10 years or more than with no plastic waste to speak of. I've been using one for 17 years. (On 2 different boats).

PaulK

We got a Fairclough cover for the reasons mentioned above. We can also ready information technology upwardly and accept information technology down ourselves. Pricing on shrink wrap is non going to go down.

shemandr

I don't wish to sound similar a wise guy but once shrunk, I don't think yous tin can re-shrink it. If you cut it judiciously maybe you could tape it dorsum together. But y'all would need to marker different sections with alignment guides. to re-piece it back together. Most boaters with the fever of getting their boats in the h2o during spring commissioning are not going to do that. They rip their covers with gusto and excitement .
Shrink wrap is meant to be a one time use with re-cycling.

quadrille38 · Apr 11, 2010 881 Hunter 38 Whitehall MI

I'm non sure you tin reheat and utilize the shrink wrap cover a second fourth dimension. Mostly I've seen them recycled.

As suggested try a custom canvas type comprehend. I had my offset ane built for a Catalina 34. This was afterwards spending at least 8 hours trying to tarp it and information technology barely made it through the winter. That cover cost $1200 and lasted 11 years. I could put it on working lonely in almost an hour.

nosotros at present have the Hunter 38 and have a cover for that. wouldn't get any other manner.
The previous owners of the Catalina had it shrink wrapped. They left it covered likewise late into the spring and when we got the cover off in that location was mildew all over the walls. Thankfully they'd taken the cushions off so those weren't mildewed. The advantage with canvass type is that it breathes and then reduces mildew problems. And newer materials take longer life and I'm told this one has a life of maybe 12 to 15 years.

rgranger

That embrace cost $1200 and lasted 11 years.

Using @quadrille38 's data, it looks like a custom cover costs about $100 a year... with no platic waste material (if that is a factor in your calculous). Compare that to the price to shrink wrap and go from there.

shemandr · Jan 1, 2006 6,293 Slickcraft 26 Greenport, NY

Amend cheque prices. My custom cover for the H356 was more than like $3,000. I was a well known Eastward Coast vender but $i,200 is a pretty low number.

DougM · Jul 24, 2005 2,222 Beneteau 323 Manistee, MI

$1200 is virtually what I paid in 2006 for a custom cover that lasted for 10 Michigan winters.
Replacement approximate was about triple that…
I had to resort to using shrink wrap because I could not become on to the canvas guy's schedule at a time which would work for me. Given the environmental consideration, I still would certainly opt for canvas and considering the payback makes more sense.

Dalliance

I'm actually in the procedure of pricing custom covers now. Looking like well-nigh $3k, including a $600 hull brim option that covers down to the waterline. At current shrink wrapping cost, it should pay for itself in four years.
I've felt a petty guilty every jump when I cut the shrinkwrap off and put it in the recycling bin, just when I was working 50-60 hour weeks, it was actually prissy to just take the yacht thou practice the shrink wrap and not worry virtually it.

Wondered a few times over the years almost re-using the shrink wrap material simply concluded it was not practical on a sailboat and might not last through a second Chicago winter. Re-utilise might exist feasible on power boats though.

Scott B · Sep 20, 2006 2,855 Hunter 33 Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada

I used an Agriculture argent tarp whiich is heavier weight than the standard tarps, for six-seven years. I built a forest frame with ridge beam and tied off to the cleats on deck, similar to the style they did shrink wrap outset yr we had the boat. Also used tarp clips that screwed through the tarp to fasten the ropes, much stronger than the eyelets in the tarp and could get multiple fasting points all effectually the brim. Play a joke on was to brand sure the ridge was loftier enough that snow would not accumilate and brand it tight enough to not get diddled off.
I now take a custom tarp, similar layout equally above and at present going on 8 years+ with it and no issues.

Bob S · Sep 27, 2007 1,700 Beneteau 393 New Bedford, MA

I had a Fairclough on my Catalina 30. The toll was effectually 2200 in 2010. The current owner is nevertheless using it. I paid $4400 for my Bene with dinghy davit cutting outs. The canvas is in two pieces whereas the Cat was in one. They are made with some kind of cotton wool so I'k thinking it won't be too bad for the environment when I do dispose of it.

Tally Ho

I saw i sailboat in my marina with "recycled" shrink wrap. Doubt it was done professionally…only looked similar the owner stretched the old shrink wrap over the cockpit. Looked similar sh!t and didn't protect much.

I bought a relatively cheap custom sail cover for my O'Solar day 322. I think it was about $2k 5 or six years ago.

It is still going strong and protects my old daughter pretty well. I similar the Fairclough cover, and will expect at that when mine finally fails.

Mine is in 3 pieces, that nix together. Makes conveying information technology easier. I shop it in iii boxes over the summertime.

No frame required for mine either…uses the blast and a halyard in the middle of the front section to concord it up. I could use my spinnaker pole besides.

Greg

quadrille38 · Apr 11, 2010 881 Hunter 38 Whitehall MI

Better check prices. My custom cover for the H356 was more like $three,000. I was a well known East Declension vender but $ane,200 is a pretty depression number.

I failed to mention that the $1200 was for a 34 in 1995. I paid $2700 for the 38 foot pictured in 2018. As I stated they've changed the materials which extends the life by several years.
It is in three sections and best of all our guy has a fabled service where he puts the encompass on in the fall and then in the spring he takes it off, inspects information technology for needed repairs and then stores it for u.s.. All for a very reasonable fee. And since I now live in a condo and don't accept room to be storing stuff similar that and getting older with back issues I don't have to wrestle the darn thing anymore. I but telephone call in advance and ask that the cover be installed or removed and they phone call me when it's done.

lots of positives all the way around. And my getting older back is soooooo happy

shemandr · Jan 1, 2006 6,293 Slickcraft 26 Greenport, NY

Oh yeah. Humping that embrace upward the boat ladder and lifting information technology over the boom was at the limit of my concrete power ten years ago. No mode I could do it now.

dlochner · January 11, 2014 eight,344 Sabre 362 113 Fair Oasis, NY

Oh yeah. Humping that cover upwardly the boat ladder and lifting it over the boom was at the limit of my concrete ability ten years ago. No fashion I could do it now.

We employ the dinghy motor elevator to bring ours on board. Combined with an electric winch handle it is very achievable. Every bit we get older we need to get smarter.

Maine Sail

Shrink-wrap does not like to re-shrink after a winter..

All U Get · Oct 2, 2008 3,701 Pearson/ 530 Strafford, NH

I did it using a lot of shrink record, but information technology gets breakable and then any harsh winds can rip information technology apart. We solved the problem by sailing s to where they don't know what skrink wrap is.

quadrille38 · April 11, 2010 881 Hunter 38 Whitehall MI

Oh yep. Humping that comprehend up the boat ladder and lifting it over the boom was at the limit of my physical power x years ago. No style I could do it now.

Did that in one case and then got smart when it dawned on me, put the dang thing on board when the boat is notwithstanding in the slip. Transferring information technology from dock to cockpit is a whole lot easier than trying to lug information technology up a ladder. Information technology was a real DUH moment for me LOL

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