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OK to store boats in sunlight?
By:daniel
Date: 2/27/2001, 12:22 pm

Since I am finally finishing up the varnishing on my two Pygmys (woohoo!), I'm now thinking about where to store them.
I have several possible spots around my yard that I could gin up a boat rack, but all of them receive lesser or greater amounts of sunlight.
How detrimental is it, if at all, to store completed and varnished boats in a location where they receive sunlight? Or should I be considering putting together an awning or sewing up some boat covers out of poly tarps?
I'm using Z-Spar Flagship for its high UV protection.
I live in Seattle, where the sunlight is of course not terribly intense.

Messages In This Thread

OK to store boats in sunlight?
daniel -- 2/27/2001, 12:22 pm
Re: OK to store boats in sunlight?
John Monfoe -- 2/28/2001, 5:39 am
Re: OK to store boats in sunlight?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/28/2001, 2:19 am
Probably worth it to take small measures
Pete Roszyk -- 2/27/2001, 6:45 pm