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On and with shrink wrap tape..... Leaving / flying Friday morning to pick my boat up in Sarasota and dragging home to Annapolis roughly 1000 miles, perfect when I get home...
Pat |
Used Duct tape on a tow down to Virginia and some of the clear coat came off when I yanked it off.
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"On and with shrink wrap tape..... Leaving / flying Friday morning to pick my boat up in Sarasota and dragging home to Annapolis roughly 1000 miles, perfect when I get home..."
Spicy - be sure to wrap that tape all over the windscreen under the cover. My Top Gun clear windscreen got wasted by the cockpit cover from a recent 800 mile haul...won't do that again! :lolhit: |
My boat was delivered with the cover taped on. What a mess!
I would not use tape again. I still have cr#p on the windshield years later. No tape, no way! |
No I do NOT
If you want to have a cover designed specially for towing. Some like to use a seal on the front edge, twist lock snaps, air vents, etc. If your worried about scratching your paint you can have the inside soft lined maybe with fleece etc. Canvas shops have some tricks but it cost big money. |
My new boat came with special pin type fasteners along the front edge of the cover. You cannot pull them off. I tow with mine all the time and it never comes off at any speed. My old Baja had a cover that I tried towing with, it just had regular snaps. What a mistake... I could have killed someone when the cover flew off on the freeway at night. Luckily it missed the cars behind me. Could you imagine the lawsuit from a cover covering a car windshield and causing a major pileup? You really need special fasteners along the front and I would also never use tape only the shrink wrap stuff.
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Originally Posted by nova26
(Post 4122158)
Has anyone had their paint rubbed off from the cover going down the highway? Mine won't stay on anyway at about 55 mph it catches air and peels back like a sardine can. I've had my interior get wet twice from the rain. What I'm thinking is run a piece of duct tape across the front to keep the air from going underneath if I have to drive threw rain. Just looking to maybe learn something new, thanks for any input.
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had a new cover made a couple seasons ago, old cover always pulled off at the front at the lower bend of the windscreen and would flap and beat the gel. discussed this with the cover shop and he had the new cover made with PULL THE DOT snaps on the front edge. they only lift off from one direction , haven't had a single snap release yet when towing. they told me they can replace existing snaps with these as well,
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What width shrink tape does everyone use?
Padraig |
I lost a cockpit cover towing. Was able to go back and find it and have it repaired, but immediately got a full cover designer for towing after that.
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