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Subject: those who want parts for Fort Desoto
From: BDally6107@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:47:38 EST
If you need spinnaker socks, boat covers, or integrated blade bags at Fort  
Desoto let me know.  You can save the shipping costs.
 
Also a note on boat covers:
Before going to Bank's boat cover division to have covers made, I took  about 
25 digital pictures of boats with covers on the docks at  
Shilshole--including mine with my design.  The reason is that about  90% of the 
covers at 
Shilshole were failures--collapsed into the boats and  filled with water and 
duck 
crap.  These covers were nearly all made by  "professional" boat cover 
manufacturers.  If you are about to have a custom  cover made, do have a look 
at Banks 
covers at Fort Desoto.  The design has  been proven over 4 years.  Sunbrella is 
a proven material and I continue to  see material "that is just as good" 
being peddled to boat owners by cover makers  who bought a "look alike" for 
half 
the price.  Most of these materials  begin to show signs of failure after just 
one season.  Insist on Sunbrella  unless you can see a cover with at least 4 
seasons in the weather that has held  up.  Be suspicious of other designs that 
"are just as good but cheaper"  unless it is an idea that you (not the cover 
maker) came up with.  You've  got a lot of time and money invested in your 
Swift.  Make sure that you've  got a cover that will protect it when you have 
to 
leave it for a couple of weeks  unattended.
 
Best regards,
 
Bram
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