> I may have mentioned this before but it's such a great story this time of
> year. A man whose name escapes me now builds traditional Adirondack Guide
> Boats up by Lake George. It's lap construction with just wood and copper
> tacks; no epoxy, glass etc. If memory serves, he gets $6500 to $8000 for a
> new one. When asked how he stores it in winter, he said, "This boat
> is made to me in the water to remain water tight." At about this time
> of year, he takes it off shore, fills is with rocks and sinks it in 10' of
> water. In the spring he waits until the ice is gone, dives down, dumps the
> rocks, floats it and off he goes. I love guys like this! It may not be the
> solution for you but you wouldn't bang your head on it everytime you went
> to the garage. Good luck.

> Brent

I understand this used to be common practice for storing birchbark canoes to keep the hulls moist and flexible.

Check local laws before doing this, including some of those old, arcane marine salvage laws, and your real estate laws.

In some cases you do not own the water or the beach, or shoreline of a lake that abuts your property, so you would be putting your boat in a public area.

In some areas if you recover a sunken boat it is yours! So anyone who got to your boat before you could legally claim it as their own. No matter how well your craft was marked or tagged it could be claimed as an abandoned vessel. You could have a court battle to get your boat back!

In some places you might be cited for violating various ordinances: anything from obstructing a waterway to disposing of a toxic substance.

just some thoughts

Paul G. Jacobson