Cover for a boat with a LOA of just shy of 52'!

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I wasn't sure it was possible but today we started the install of our brand new winter cover for our new to us boat.

All I can say is just damn! This cover is big!

The marina wanted almost $2k to shrinkwrap and they have a monopoly here so I went with a Fisher poly cover and I'm impressed so far. The admiral and I set it up ourselves.

Pictures to come tomorrow.
 
How much does it weigh? Sounds like a monster! Is it made in sections that piece together? where are the pictures?
 
John, why so much to shrink wrap? I understand there is an additional charge for the bridge but an extra $1k, that is crazy.
 
You need to find a cheaper shrink wrapper. That is $40 a foot. No way.
 
There is only one guy at Liberty allowed to shrink wrap in or out of the water, you pay what he charges. No questions.

He does good work but is double from most everyone else in the area.
 
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Originally posted by Robyns Nest

There is only one guy at Liberty allowed to shrink wrap in or out of the water, you pay what he charges. No questions.

He does good work but is double from most everyone else in the area.

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Dam!
Your right, we're at a Brewers yard & it's just a touch more than half that cost.

for the last 3 years I have just used a winter cover for the Flybridge with nothing over the rest of the boat, so far, no issues.
 
John, did you build a frame? If so, out of what? What was cost of cover?
 
The cover for my 19' Cobia weighs a lot, I can't imagine what they cover weighs.
Is it all one piece?
 
Look at the Fisher website, those covers are usually one piece and go all the way down to the waterline. They use sleeves sewn in on the outside that you slip 2x4s into and this keeps the cover from caving in. I put my Taylor Made cover on my 88 20' 4-Winns yesterday and that one is pretty heavy. I made a frame made up of a wood ridge beam, PVC support poles and fiberglass bows to support it underneath. I have added supports to it over the years to make it hold up to snow and ice better. It takes a while to set up the supports but other than shrink wrap its the only way to cover a boat in the winter and not have it cave in.
I like Fishers system because it looks simpler to set up.
 
No frame used with this system. There are 6 2x3's standing up under the cover to support it. They use a vertical sleeve to hold the board in place and a wood base approx 12"x12" at the bottom. A very easy setup actually.

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How do you get the lines under the boat? I like the white
 
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Originally posted by HOGAN

How do you get the lines under the boat? I like the white

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I have a small piece of pipe on the end of a drop line. Using the dink, I tie a line to the loop, the other end of that line to to the weight on the drop line, let her sink and Pattie pulls it up on the dockside.

Cut, tie, repeat!
 
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Originally posted by Robyns Nest

There is only one guy at Liberty allowed to shrink wrap in or out of the water, you pay what he charges. No questions.

He does good work but is double from most everyone else in the area.

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What he said! The guy is pricing himself out of a lot of work if you ask me. Every year I see more and more covers on the boats that winter in the water here.
 
The cover support system. (The camera angle makes them look out of plumb but they are pretty straight.)

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Cover was $2800.

Not nearly as heavy as a canvas cover would be. Pattie and I installed the cover by ourselves. No way we could do that with our 38' canvas cover. Needed at least 2 helpers for that one. As for the exact weight, no idea. I can lift it myself but it's more than a bag of chips!
 
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