Application: I currently have Jasmine sitting on a boat trailer in the yard - these covers install on that trailer. This is the first set, the front hull covers, port and starboard.
Salt spray on the sea coast has a way of rapidly erroding covers and testing fabric life. I remade my front covers and here are some images if you are thinking of doing the same.
- Front Covers Bill of Materials:
- 10 Yards of "Sunbrella" or any Solution Dyed Acrylic . You will have a bit of extra material.
- I have tried other China-sourced materials including "Ottertex" and others which failed rapidly. Go with the Solution Dyed Acrylic.
- Safety Pins to Pin the material to your boat hulls
- Sewing Machine (I use my great grandmother's Singer 301A)
- Polyester Outdoor thread similar to this: "Coats 108552 Outdoor Living Thread 200yd, White"
- Front Cover, 1 for each hull, consists of a sock which zippers closed
- Qty 2, #10 YKK Separating Zippers 67284 - White, 84" (Sailmaker's Supply https://www.sailmakerssupply.com/)
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| Starboard Hull cover - flap comes inward towards center of the boat to zip close from crossbar |
Procedure:
- I cut material with scissors but see others using a hot knife to stop material from threading-out/shedding. Next time I will try this method.
- 24 inches to Tang, 26.5 inches to start of zipper from tip of front hull.
- Hull circumference increases towards the crossbar. Pin cover in the closed position to tailor to hulls.
- 1 hull cover is the mirror image of the other. Both "flap" towards the inside and zip from fore to aft.
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| My Port Cover came out too tight compared to my starboard cover. Measure dimensions carefully to prevent this and allow sufficient closure space for zipper (don't pin too tightly) |
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| 84" YKK Zipper, zips fore to aft |
Dimensions of Circumference
- 45 inches around the bow
- 65 inches around at Cross bar
- Lower seam 93 inches
- Top seam to crossbar 120 inches from tip of bow to overlap with crossbar
