I had a cover made by Dennis at Quinte but my frame came with the boat. It uses aluminum tubing. In addition to the spine and ribs, I have vertical posts (5?) supporting the spine. Also, there are longitudinal pipes running parallel to and around a foot above the sheer, clamped to each leg though an appropriate cast fitting. this keeps the ribs from twisting. Additionally, I bungee cord over that longitudinal to the toe-rail. Seems to work.
just posted pics here: http://cncwindstar.blogspot.ca/2016/12/winter-cover-frame-photos.html Better go check.... Dave windstar 33-2 Forwarded message ---------- From: "Hoyt, Mike" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:54:54 +0000 Subject: Re: Stus-List Quinte cover Hi Len I believe this is a Top Shop cover. I have the same There are two issues with ours when it comes to wet snow. 1. The snow sticks to the canvas 2. The ribs twist and allow the frame to collapse. I have tried a couple of different tricks over the years. To support the spine in the past I have used 2x4 supports in cockpit and on deck to help take the extra weight of the snow For the twisting ribs where the feet of the legs seem to move to the side a new solution was suggested to me. It can be done with pvc conduit or with 1x3 strapping. Run the new conduit or strapping under the ribs parallel to the length of the boat. With the PVC conduit you can use ubolts to attach to the ribs along the way and with both the pvc and the wood strapping you can also simply use electrical tape ( a lot of it). Wrap the tape around the ribs where the strapping / conduit runs beneath it and run the strapping from the pushpit to the pulpit. This will give resistance against the ribs from twisting. I just did this 2 weeks ago and they are still straight. Have not had any great amount of snow since then though (just a lot of rain while I was retying the cover). Regardless of all this if you have a buildup of snow on the cover you should remove the snow from time to time. Mike Persistence 1987 Frers 33 #16 Halifax, NS http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mitchell's via CnC-List Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 11:41 AM To: CNC List Cc: Mitchell's Subject: Stus-List Quinte cover I have a Quinte canvas winter cover with a rigid aluminum frame made out of 3/4 aluminum conduit. We have over 3 feet of snowfall so far and the frame collapses with heavy or wet snow. Does anyone have experience keeping their quinte frame upright? Thinking about zip ties to the lifelines. Len C&C 37+ Midland On. Sent from my mobile device.
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