Build Winter Boat Cover Frame

Making your own frame for your boat s winter cover will save you money now and work at the beginning of fitting out season.

Build winter boat cover frame.

This is a video about how i covered my 2000 chaparral 245ssi for the winter. By making it yourself the frame can be configured to accommodate the cover you plan to use or one you plan to order. Pad the top corners of the frame and cover the electrical boxes with pieces of scrap carpeting wrapped around and. They are also difficult to.

Traditional wooden frames are expensive clumsy and time consuming to build. Area for questions unrelated to any other forum or simply doesn t seem to fit anywhere else. A winter cover is supposed to protect the boat. Oct 29 2015 my pvc based boat cover frame support build page.

The frame for a 30 to 35 foot boat will take about twenty 10 foot lengths of 3 4 inch l conduit about 7 8 inch od 1 a 20 to 25 footer might require ten or twelve lengths of 1 2 inch conduit. Buy a boat make a boat diy boat jon boat trailer trailer plans pvc pipe projects boat projects winterize boat boat cover support. Boat storage yards are expensive while a regular cover will keep out rain but it won t shed leaves or snow. I used 1 25 pvc to build a frame to hold the cover up and help.

Home made boat cover frame. Set the assembled frame onto the boat. To do the job it should keep water snow and ice out yet not encourage excess condensation which will lead to mildew. Walks you through how to construct a boat cover support out of 3 inch pvc pipe.

That s why winter covers are oversize and have a frame like a tent. In addition you will need a few conduit connectors a couple dozen hose clamps or gizmos called kover klamps and a roll of duct tape. Most importantly the cover should last through the entire winter. If you re planning to cover a small boat that resides on a trailer or a larger boat that might spend the winter in storage a frame provides ventilation and keeps the cover from pooling with rain water.

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