how to store the boat

We have pretty similar weather here in the NW U.S. I've been thinking about storing mine upside down to insure rain can't collect. I have a shed to store it under but it is open to the North. Most of our storm systems come in from the SW, but sometimes....

Not too much water comes in through the openings for the shrouds and forestay and only the water from the forestay runs into the boat. Water from the shrouds should drain through the stern.
BUT the water that does come in will tend to seep/diffuse/osmose into the edges of the plywood of the hull at the gunwales. The starboard side of my boat developed rot that way, although everything looked fine on the surface until my mast simply fell overboard one day.
I now have a flat cover (originally polytarp "Bauplane" - now a custom-made Mirror Dinghy cover) over the mast and two flexible "battens" and keep the bow high. The boat has stayed perfectly dry all winter.
I haven't even removed the sails since our christmas-day sail. I'll take some photos this week.
(soll ich das nochmal auf Deutsch schreiben, oder geht's so?)
Cheers,
Gernot

Sorry it took longer to organize the photos.

Puffin lives by the fence of our "cooperative's" property.
Puffin lebt am Zaun des Genossenschaftsgeländes:

Puffin (62816) in storage

The tarpaulin is made of one centre panel and a skirt sewn around it, so there are no seams over the boat.
Die Plane besteht aus einem Mittelstück mit einer angenähten, umlaufenden "Schürze", so dass keine Nähte über dem boot verlaufen.

The complete tarpaulin / die ganze Plane

I was given this cover two years ago when I "brokered" the sale of 53411 to a new owner who said he did not need a tarpaulin as the boat was going to live in his garage.
Mir wurde die Plane vor zwei Jahren geschenkt, als ich den Verkauf von 53411 vermittelte und der neue Eigner sagte, dass er keine Plane benötigt, da das Boot in seine Garage ziehen wird.
(S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzlkMhyb0oA if you're interested).
The tarp was manufactured in England / Hergestellt in England:

Hersteller/Manufacturer

After sailing and drying out the boat, I simply release the forestay, gaff and mast lacing and drop everything into the boat as neatly as possible. A couple of flexible "battens" help support the tarp.
Nach dem Segeln und Austrocknen des Bootes, löse ich den Vorstag, die Gaffel und die Schnur, die das Groß am Mast hält und lege alles möglichst ordentlich in das Boot. Ein paar "Spriegel" stützen die Plane.

Under the tarpaulin / Unter der Plane

The mast foot just fits onto the bow when the head is resting on the transom.
Der Mastfuß passt genau auf den Bug, wenn die Mastspitze auf dem Spiegel liegt.

Mast foot resting on bow

Mast head rests on transom / Mastspitze auf dem Spiegel

With this arrangement, I can be rigged up and on the lake in not too many minutes.
It's important to keep the bow raised so that absolutely no puddles can form on the tapaulin and any water that may enter at the side seams will drain out through the stern. My boat spent the whole winter, even with snow on the tarp and was absolutely dry inside all the time ( I do check regularly and even went sailing on Christmas day).

Mit dieser Lösung habe ich in kürzester Zeit die Segel wieder gesetzt und kann dann sofort auf den See.
Wichtig ist, den Bug hoch zu lagern, damit sich keine Pfützen auf der Plane bilden können und Wasser, dass eventuell durch die seitlichen Nähte einsickert, sofort durch die Öffnungen im Spiegel ablaufen kann. Mein Boot ist den ganzen Winter über so gelagert worden und war innen stets absolut trocken (ich kontrolliere trotzdem regelmäßig und war sogar am Weihnachtstag mal damit segeln).

Cheers;
Gernot H.