Bring a boat cover for me please. I am using a lame tarp for now.
For what it's worth to the others. I talked with a person that makes
covers and he had the same comments about "Sunbrella". He also stated that
there are a lot of other cloths be peddled but the greater price will pay
for itself over time. He did not like to use other cloths because they
just don't hold up as long.
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:47:38 EST, <BDally6107@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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
--
Don't be good have fun.
Live large, love lots, and sail fast!
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