Build Winter Boat Cover Frame

Home made boat cover frame.

Build winter boat cover frame.

Most importantly the cover should last through the entire winter. In addition you will need a few conduit connectors a couple dozen hose clamps or gizmos called kover klamps and a roll of duct tape. This is a video about how i covered my 2000 chaparral 245ssi for the winter. I used 1 25 pvc to build a frame to hold the cover up and help.

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. Oct 29 2015 my pvc based boat cover frame support build page. Traditional wooden frames are expensive clumsy and time consuming to build. Area for questions unrelated to any other forum or simply doesn t seem to fit anywhere else.

They are also difficult to. Making your own frame for your boat s winter cover will save you money now and work at the beginning of fitting out season. Set the assembled frame onto the boat. By making it yourself the frame can be configured to accommodate the cover you plan to use or one you plan to order.

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. Walks you through how to construct a boat cover support out of 3 inch pvc pipe.

To do the job it should keep water snow and ice out yet not encourage excess condensation which will lead to mildew. Buy a boat make a boat diy boat jon boat trailer trailer plans pvc pipe projects boat projects winterize boat boat cover support. Saved by carolyn horne. A winter cover is supposed to protect the boat.

That s why winter covers are oversize and have a frame like a tent.