We always stored Fretless on the hard with the mast down. We made a PVC frame to support a tarp so the mast, the spreaders and the stays weren't involved. We padded places that might rub with scrap pieces of carpet and tied the tarp down so it was taut, shed rain and snow and didn't flap much in the wind.

Mary Lou
ex Rhodes 22
now Rosborough RF-246  Tara
Rock Hall, MD


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On 12/3/2023 8:14 PM, Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list wrote:
> A question as winter arrives here on the Chesapeake Bay.
>
> Has anyone bought/made/thought about a cover for their R22? I've always
> covered my powerboat over the winter and as a new Rhodes owner, my
> inclination is to do that same for it. Of course, with all the stays and
> shrouds and mast, etc, I can see that it would be a daunting proposition.
> But at the boatyard I do see some boats with (very expensive, I imagine)
> full-on covers.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Tom Hyatt
> S/V Eliza Jane, 1978
> Middle River, MD