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Having a boat can be expensive. and one of the ways to keep cost low on maintaining your boat cover is to protect it with a high quality water ressistant boat cover. There are many types of materials that boat covers can be made of from polyster,acrylic and cotton polyester blends, these material offer different levels of protection for certain harmful elements. One of the most obvious reasons to have a boat cover is to protect your boat from hamful U.V rays that have the ability to ruin boats within months causing interior fading or yellow, Vinyil uphosltry to crack and clearcoat to peel. The number to reason to have a boat cover is to help keep rain and moisture out no this is not as harmfull as the sun becuase boats are made to to get wet but what you need to prevent is mold and mildew from your boat.
purchasing a boat cover can be a little bit of a challenge if you do not have all the info on your boat so before you contact a boat cover dealer you can provide them with you boat make, model and year, doing this will insure you get the correct boat cover. Boat covers generally come in three different styles first and generally cheaper solution to protect your boat would be a universal boat cover, when you purchase a universal boat cover the fit may be a little loose becuase they come in 2 1/2 foot increments so depending on where your boat lands on the size chart it may fit tight or may be way loose but it still gets the job done but you may not be able to trailer with it. also they generaly only make universal covers to fit a small number of model like v-hull run -about boats small fishing boats and a limited number of pontoon boats fo the most part on pontoon boats they are made for the older models and not some of the newer designs.
semi-custom boat covers are made so fits your style of boat also known as style to fit boat covers these boat covers are generally made in one foot increments and have multiple fabric options, they fit a large majority of boats and fit pretty well but dont expect a perfect fit, even though the fit may not be perfect it should be tight so that you will be able to trailer with your boat cover on. These semi custom boat covers can be a little more expensive depending on what material you choose one of the more popular materials is polyester due to its high tensil strength and lighter wieht which makes it ideal for trailering.
Cutom boat covers are made exactly to fit your boat and are perfect for trailering they may be more expensive but they work perfect now sometimes they may be hard to find for your boat and it is important you have all the model information on your boat no guessing! these covers will not fit any other type of boat nor will it fit any other year generally. If you have questions about your boat and are not sure try calling the manufacturer and give them the hull number/vin number they should be able to give you all the details so you can insure you get the right boat cover for your specific boat model.
