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11 September 2015, 16:36
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Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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In water boat storage ideas?
My boat is currently on a trailer, but I would like to keep it in water at a marina. I was going to keep it on an Air Dock, which was given to me. I do not want growth getting on my outdrive. I just found out that the measurements that I had for the Air Dock were incorrect, and it exceeds the marinas width requirement. I would like to avoid going out and buying a new Air Dock.
A friend of mine said he would just put a large plastic garbage bag over his outdrive, and this would prevent the growth. I am a little skeptical of that.
Any other ideas?
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11 September 2015, 18:44
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
Length: 3m +
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,653
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I've seen the garbage bag trick before; no idea on effectiveness. Potentially works in a few ways: 1) lack of light doesn't feed algae growth (don't know if this will affect crustaceans like barnacles); 2) smaller water mass heats up faster placing environment out of habitable zone (don't buy this one); 3) smaller water volume loses soluble O2 faster, placing environment out of habitable zone.
If you have the trailer and a place to store it, it's a hell of a lot cheaper on the hard.
jky
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12 September 2015, 02:25
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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Jky,
Just finished assembling the Air Dock, and it appears it may fit.
I live 5 minutes from my marina, and have had a boat here for ten years.
Yes, it's a lot more money, but I find that I use the boat a lot more.
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12 September 2015, 05:58
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Member
Country: USA
Town: CA
Make: Zodiac RIB-P
Length: 7m +
Engine: Suzuki 250
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,235
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Sounds wonderful to have a boat in a marina. I haven't two hour drive to get to Ventura. Would love to be closer to Catalina too. But I'm not willing to live any farther south
Jason
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12 September 2015, 06:06
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Member
Country: USA
Town: California
Make: Avon 5.4m Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,260
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I'm 20 minutes from a ramp. I wish I lived as close to water as Zip does.
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14 September 2015, 05:15
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Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
Length: 3m +
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I'm a half hour from a ramp, but 2 hours from a ramp with any diving.
jky
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20 September 2015, 18:16
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Member
Country: USA
Town: LA
Make: Zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: OB
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 48
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Would love to hear how the Air Dock works out... Hope it works out for you! That would be my ideal. What size boat and what size Airdock?
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21 September 2015, 04:15
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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I have a 7M, and the dock previously had a 26 foot boat on it.
Hope to have it in within the week.
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24 September 2015, 13:17
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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completed Air Dock install
Boat is completely out of the water.
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24 September 2015, 13:20
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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let's try this again.
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26 September 2015, 06:47
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Member
Country: USA
Town: LA
Make: Zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: OB
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 48
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very cool!
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26 September 2015, 23:35
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Member
Country: USA
Town: San Francisco Bay
Boat name: SRMN 600
Make: Zodiac
Length: 6m +
Engine: Honda 90
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 478
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Thats perfect. I will look into a system like that. How is the launch/recovery?
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28 September 2015, 03:18
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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TRT,
To launch, let air out, back off.
To recover, drive on, air up.
Pretty straight forward.
I decided to go without a frame, and just side and front tie to the dock.
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