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First time storing pontoon outside with shrink wrap. Tips and advice?

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I would greatly appreciate any tips on things to do when storing a shrink wrapped boat (20 ft tri-toon) outside over winter in southern Wisconsin. Anybody have experience, opinions tips on anything, but most of all how to keep critters and mold away.? Any views/advice on any of these topics?
  • vents in shrink wrap
  • desiccant
  • kitty litter
  • removing all seat pads
  • Irish Spring soap
  • Fresh Cab
  • drier sheets
  • powered air ventilation (solar)
 
Are you DIY-ing? We had our marina do our last pontoon every year - they shrink-wrapped it (couple vents, not many) and tossed in a handful of dryer sheets. I parked it in our yard next to a wooded lot each year. They cushioned all touch-points with scraps of carpeting. Worked great, no issues at all over 6 years of winters.
 
I've always put mothballs in little foil pans around the boat to keep the mice out. They got in our first boat, a bowrider, and chewed up all of our dock lines and anchor rope to make nests. So I take those out too and store them in our garage.....
 
buy the neighbor boy a pellet rifle and offer a buck for every red squirrel hide he gets.
 
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