In a message dated 05/23/2000 5:07:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< Secret is to make sure all sharp corners of the object to be wrapped are
cushioned so they don't tear the tarp  and that tie-down lines be well
tensioned. >>

Boy, do I know about that one.  In the winter I erect a wooden frame over my
boat in the Vineyard, to hold up the tarp and keep it from ponding.  I cover
the wooden frame with foam pipe insulation, to mediate the abrasion between
the tarp and the 1"x4"s which make up the frame.  Last winter, one of the 3'
long pieces of foam came off.  Result in June:  Nice long lump of tarp dust
along keel of boat, matching long hole in tarp.

Anyway, my painter says this tarp thing is a great idea (even though he would
have been painting and repainting the plywood panels which he originally
suggested) and he's expensive so he must be right.

Sign me,
Wishing We Could Find Toxic Dump Under the House So Taxes Would Fall