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Old 09-29-2016, 09:03 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by jleonard View Post
Yes it can be done as long as you have someplace to store it.
Slice it somewhere around center at the transom up as far as you have to in order to remove it over the bow.
Keep the frame pieces.
Then in the fall install the opposite way and pick up some of the scrap pieces of virgin shrink wrap the pros throw out and use it to patch the slit.
You can use a regular propane torch just be careful not to burn thru. It will take a little practice and patience.
Wear gloves, hot shrink wrap is hot!
+1
I've never done it because as a liveaboard I have nowhere to store it but I know many who have gotten 2 and sometimes 3 seasons out of it.

Do NOT cheap out and buy the thin stuff, it may not even make it through one winter. That extra mil makes a huge difference. If you use the clear stuff you can work inside on sunny days in t-shirt and shorts. At -15C outside, it can be 20C inside with the sun.... like a greenhouse.
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