Here are photos of Respite covered for the winter here in Virginia. You're correct, with all the shrouds on the Rhodes, you'll need a pretty large bank account to cover it with the mast stepped. It is much more practical to haul the boat and lower the mast. A good 20 X 30 tarp and a bunch of bungee work fine.

I made a boom tent out of sunbrella for in season protection. This is pretty much limited to the length of the boom. Helps to keep dew and debris out of cockpit.

Joe Dempsey
Ex-Rhodes 22
Trojan 42
M V Voyager
Deltaville VA

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 8:39:05 PM
To: Tom Hyatt <thyatt at mica.edu>; The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat cover for Rhodes22

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

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