Build Winter Boat Cover Frame

By making it yourself the frame can be configured to accommodate the cover you plan to use or one you plan to order.

Build winter boat cover frame. That s why winter covers are oversize and have a frame like a tent. Area for questions unrelated to any other forum or simply doesn t seem to fit anywhere else. Walks you through how to construct a boat cover support out of 3 inch pvc pipe. 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.

This is a video about how i covered my 2000 chaparral 245ssi for the winter. Home made 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. To do the job it should keep water snow and ice out yet not encourage excess condensation which will lead to mildew.

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. Most importantly the cover should last through the entire winter. Traditional wooden frames are expensive clumsy and time consuming to build. Buy a boat make a boat diy boat jon boat trailer trailer plans pvc pipe projects boat projects winterize boat boat cover support.

They are also difficult to. Saved by carolyn horne. I used 1 25 pvc to build a frame to hold the cover up and help. Oct 29 2015 my pvc based boat cover frame support build page.

A winter cover is supposed to protect the boat. Set the assembled frame onto the boat. Pad the top corners of the frame and cover the electrical boxes with pieces of scrap carpeting wrapped around and. 1 iboats boating forums 629016.

To protect the boat insert a block of scrap wood under each conduit leg.