Again .....anyone......Custom boat cover

splugeeman

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Has anyone??? purchased a custom boat cover from iboats????? any feedback would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!
 

Boatist

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Re: Again .....anyone......Custom boat cover

Splugeeman<br />I hate to be stupid but how can they make a CUSTOM BOAT COVER with out having the boat. I have had several custom boat covers made (not at iboat) but I took boat in.
 

splugeeman

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Re: Again .....anyone......Custom boat cover

Well....they want the year, make and model. They have quite an extensive library of boats to chose from in their index and seem to cover any and all boats (they had my boat,yr,make,model). I figured since this is iboats.com "boating forum" that someone would have used their services . Guess I was wrong, but I appreciate the response! :cool:
 

JAZZedBW

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Re: Again .....anyone......Custom boat cover

Not me.<br /><br />My honest opinion, its probably the best bet to go to a local canvas shop to get a custom fit on the boat so it not only looks nice, but holds out the water :) <br /><br />JAZZ ;)
 

jeff_nicholas

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Re: Again .....anyone......Custom boat cover

I've had commercial 'custom' covers (from Westland) for two different boats. You couldn't ask for a better fit; they're sturdy (held up under 4" of snow) and keep my boat dry and clean. Current fabric is 'sharkskin' and I'd buy another just like it in a heartbeat.<br /><br />Also, I had good service with the Westland 'custom' canvas cover, but canvas mildews very quickly here in the south and there's no cure for it, not to mention it's a loosing battle to try to clean it.<br /><br />If iboats can get you a Westland I'd say, "Go for it!", although other brands may be just as good?<br /><br />BTW - forget tyvek unless you store your boat inside (garage or drystack). Tyvek is very easy to handle, takes up almost no space when not in use, but doesn't hold up outside. Mine lasted only 3 summer months - I returned it for credit on my 'sharkskin'.
 

splugeeman

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Re: Again .....anyone......Custom boat cover

Thanks Nick....Glad to here the good report on the "sharkskin" Thats what I am looking at!
 
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