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I am in need of a custom boat cover. I was wondering if any of you have had one made up for your boat, who did it for you, what its made of, and how well it has held up for you.
The bottomline is theres a zillion companies out there who make them, but I want to make sure I get the highest quality in materials and manufacturing.
So, help me out and give me your opinion. Location is unimportant.
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My friend got one for his war eagle duck boat made at Sugar House Awning & Canvas Products out of Midvale UT 563-9600 and it has lasted very well for the past 4 years. It is made out of canvas and is made to fit with a mud motor on it or an outboard. Don't remember the price but they did a good job on it. This is the boat I am planning on investing in for my new business and will find out by next Monday if I get it. I can try and bring it up by your place because we often go out by Corrinne for hunting.
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Trish at Trophy Upholstry just did a travel cockpit cover for mine. She did an awesome job, fast too. Cheaper than Sugarhouse I think. Call her at 801-560-2629. She works out of Pier 84 Marine.
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There's nothing like a custom cover. Get it made by a reputable shop. The best material is what they call TopGun. It's very durable and waterproof. I keep my boat parked outside 24x7x365 and my cover still looks new after five years. I had mine made in American Fork by Kirkham's. It cost about $700, but it's worth it.
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Just dropped my boat off today at theCanvas shop 910 S. Rio Grande, SLC 801-983-0272. They do the Creastliner dealer's boats. I will have it back in 2 days. It's the top gun material price 400.00 about 150.00 less than sugarhouse.
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I have had Sugarhouse Awning make two custom covers for me out of canvas, and I have very pleased.
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Just picked up my boat at The Canvas Shop. My new cover is a full cover, it's red and made of the top gun fabric, they did a real good job. Total price 400.00 even.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I just had my boat measured for a custom cover and if there was a need for a custom boat cover my boat qualifies! I'm having a trailerable cover of a thick vinyl material that is inpervious to water and UV. It weights a ton by is bulletproof. It's the same material that truckers use for their flatbed trailer covers. He also has all the other fabrics mentioned. Out the door on my 21' Gregor Super Sea Hawk, $750.00 Nothing comes for free.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Parker Awning & Canvas in Logan. 752-6347. Ask for Steve.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Kent, is that two covers for the same boat? If that's the case, no thanks[/size][/font]...
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Two boats -- two covers. However, I just shredded my 2000 boat cover going to Idaho on Friday (70 mph on freeway and about a 35 - 40 mph headwind.) It looks like I will be going with Top Gun at The Canvas Shop (thanks Poncho). The Canvas Shop also has the material that truckers use, but don't recommend it because they say that it won't breath. Life is a gamble.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]They have vents for the vinyl materials they sew in. Also the Vinyls are heavy but tough as heck.[/size][/font]
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Kent, topgun doesn't breathe either. But breathability is only an issue if moisture is trapped under the cover. Some people even shrink-wrap their boats in the winter. A few vents sewed into the cover, plus regular "airing outs" on dry days is plenty to keep your boat dry and mildew free. If a material like sunbrella is used--which breathes--, it will also let moisture in. Melting snow or water sitting on a breathable fabric will leach water through, and that's what you want to avoid. Or you could A-frame one of those ugly blue tarps over your "breathable" cover. But I'd rather just throw on a topgun cover and forget it.
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I suspected it didn't breath when the answer to my question, to the man at The Canvas Shop, about whether or not Top Gun breathed was, "A little". Sugarhouse Awning also said that Top Gun didn't breath, but after having their canvas fail after only three years, I don't want to go the Sugarhouse Awning route again, and SA said their more expensive Sunbrella worked great for handling the sun, but was too light to effectively handle snow. Hopefully, keeping the hull plug open will provide enough venting (except if I am caught in the rain during the trip). The man at The Canvas Shop said that with two vertical poles (come standard with the cover) holding up the cover, no other support would be necessary for the cover to handle the snow. I sure hope that he is right, because now that Bear Lake Mack has turned me on to fishing for those macks all winter long I will be a happy fisherman if I don't have to create some kind of elaborate method of storing the boat outside of my house, that must be put on and then taken off again before each fishing trip.
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