Re: considering sewing a new snap cover
I am planning on making a cockpit cover that snaps on from the windshield to the transom. The way I plan on doing this is to buy a piece of heavy clear plastic that fits well over the boat, and with some help, carefully drape it over the windshield, to the transom making sure that there are no wrinkles in it. Then, kind of pull it tight, adjusting it to make no wrinkles, and tapeing it using "gaffing" tape (because it won't leave sticky stuff from the tape like duct tape)to the hull. Then, with a magic marker, carefully draw my cutting lines, about 2" to 3" below where the snaps are, and to make the shape of the cover. Also with the marker, dotting over each snap to show where I'll be placing the mating snapes. This will be my templet for the canvas to make the cover. By leaving the 2" to 3" longer, I'll be able to fold the edges over, and sewing it, to beef up the snap area at the edge. I plan on buying a one piece, piece of canvas, so there won't be any seam running the lenth of the cover.