Boat covers like Seal Skin

[badrano]

Anyone use the one piece boat covers like Seal Skin in snow country? Curious to know what you do to deal with snow piling up on the cover? Do you have to keep the amount of snow down to a minimum to avoid stretching/tearing the cover?

 

[Scott Danforth]

with any cover where there is snow, you need to have sufficient supports under the cover to keep the snow shedding off. I used to park a framework of PVC pipes under the cover with a fan hanging on it to keep air circulating.

 

[airshot]

In snow country, your far better off to create a framework with some type of cover to support the snow weight then you can use any type of cover. Just a cover alone in heavy snow will shorten its life considerably ! Many suggestions have been made under this post for solutions. Using a cover by itself for snow loads is asking for trouble.

 

[redneck joe]

and protect it from sharp edges if there are any on the boat.

 

[Stinnett21]

I'm in KY so not exactly snow country but for around 3 years I used a seal skin cover over top of my sunbrella snap on covers with support poles in place. We did get one big for KY snow during that time, probably 6-7 inches The covers held up well before I could get to it to and push the snow off. I liked the cover.

 

[JonBoat55]

I'm in KY so not exactly snow country but for around 3 years I used a seal skin cover over top of my sunbrella snap on covers with support poles in place. We did get one big for KY snow during that time, probably 6-7 inches The covers held up well before I could get to it to and push the snow off. I liked the cover.

That's what Ive been doing for 5 seasons here in CT. After large snowfalls, I'll get out as soon as I can to clean it off, but no big rush. Holds up nice.

 

[Lou C]

here's an old pic of what I set up on my Four Winns to support the cover for snow, some years we get nothing some years we get a lot. I have since added to it lol. Just got a new cover, the Taylor Made cover I bought in 2007 is finally falling apart. The back part of the piece of wood is hinged so I can open it up if I get a nice day in the winter, I actually did that when I had to pull the heads off in 2017 for the top end overhaul.

 

[MikeSchinlaub]

Definitely make a support structure. You don't even have to get snow, sometimes poles fall over, or just leave small pockets. Rain will fill them worse than snow, weigh them down, soak through the cover...

I think bass boats are particularly bad about that.

 

[redneck joe]

any bowrider i've see almost always has a pool of water up there.

 

[Pmt133]

I usually used tarps for the winter. I would just go brush it off as I went out to shovel. The last storm we got there was a full 24" on it before I got out as I was working. 1 support pole, doughnut on the bow and a few lines from the peak work nicely. My goal was always to get it to shed as best as possible.

I may try the carver I bought for it and see how it does this winter. We may or may not get snow though. The bow didn't puddle during the noreaster and we got some 6" of rain so I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[airshot]

any bowrider i've see almost always has a pool of water up there.

Get some pool toys or an old tube from water sports to raise the cover on the open bow. Their are many solutions to keep water from pooling but it takes some work and planning