Quick cover question

[ryanr623]

I need a cover that i can use while docking my boat. IE it needs to fit VERY snug, or have something that prevents water pooling. Im assuming the semi custom covers on here wouldnt work seeings as i wouldnt be able to strap it (its docked) underneath or to a trailer obviously.

Any suggestions? Maybe something that i put on the boat to hold the cover up?

Its a 1989 Stingray SVB176, with a merc 3.0

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Quick cover question

have mooring cover made. it will not cover the complete boat, but will keep interior, dry and clean.

 

[ryanr623]

Re: Quick cover question

have mooring cover made. it will not cover the complete boat, but will keep interior, dry and clean.

So nothing other than having a cover made, will keep water out of the boat (pooling) while docking right? I thought i saw some poles to put under the cover somewhere, and also some curved slats for across the beam.

 

[nlain]

Re: Quick cover question

Look Here

http://www.iboats.com/Boat-Cover-Su...8949720--**********.564692081--view_id.257693

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Quick cover question

generally it's hard to cover a whole boat in the water; few people do that routinely.

One way to hold a cover on when you can't strap it is to replace the straps with weights. You use liter (or larger) plastic bottles filled with water.* Some people install hooks or eyes through the cap so you can more easily attach them to the cover's grommets or strap fittings--they even sell caps with hooks for this purpose.

* If you go buy full bottles of "spring" water for this purpose you are too dangerous to operate a boat.

 

[red85k100rs]

Re: Quick cover question

generally it's hard to cover a whole boat in the water; few people do that routinely..

* If you go buy full bottles of "spring" water for this purpose you are too dangerous to operate a boat.

You need distilled water Spring water is not good for lakes


sorry I couldn't resist

 

[ryanr623]

Re: Quick cover question

generally it's hard to cover a whole boat in the water; few people do that routinely.

One way to hold a cover on when you can't strap it is to replace the straps with weights. You use liter (or larger) plastic bottles filled with water.* Some people install hooks or eyes through the cap so you can more easily attach them to the cover's grommets or strap fittings--they even sell caps with hooks for this purpose.

* If you go buy full bottles of "spring" water for this purpose you are too dangerous to operate a boat.

Ha ha, i'm thinking having a mooring cover will wind up being cheaper and easier

 

[mphy98]

Re: Quick cover question

I have a mooring cover that I use when up in Canada. The boat is in the water for a week at a time and it does rain on it many times, and I am talking a hard rain. The mooring cover along with the bow cover does the job nicely. Others leave theirs out to the elements, and have dock electricity to power the bilge, but I haven't had a problem with mine with the cover, Seats are dry. See I boats or have one custom made. Not that expensive.

 

[DaNinja]

Re: Quick cover question

I like the Sunbrella cover on my SeaRay. It's ties snug via a rope in the seam that ties off in the back. It's not fun, but I have covered it in the water.

If I routinely covered it in the water, I would have my upholstery guy open up the seam on the side to access the snugging rope from dockside.

 

[scoutabout]

Re: Quick cover question

It's possible to use the kind that strap under the boat, but it aint' fun or easy. Before I had the custom cover made for the Scout I used a generic cover.

Disconnect the straps and lengthen them as far as they will go. Drop the cover without its straps at the back of the boat. Then, standing at the bow, drop the rear most strap in the water and walk it back under the boat to the stern, holding one end in each hand. Once at the stern, assuming you having tripped over anything or dropped one end in the water attach the strap to the cover on each side and start again with the next strap. And so on.

Eventually you've got the cover over the cockpit, have all the straps on loosely and are working on the bow strap. It can be tricky to find a place to stand or crouch on the boat while you get the last part on. Even less fun in the rain. Then you have to hop off the boat and tighten everything down on the dock side after wedging or attaching a pole in the middle of the cockpit and bow.

It's actually even worse than it sounds and I put up with it for just one season before ordering the custom bow and cockpit covers below. Each one has a telescoping pole attached to a snap in the middle to prevent pooling. Cost about $700, but it's Sunbrella, is triple reinforced over the winshield frame and at other chaf points and the guy had to install the snap bases on the boat too. Now that the tricky fabrication is done if it wears out I'll make my own using the original as a template.