Cover for 22 ft cruiser

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mamalena

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I recently bought a new 22 ft cruiser and am leeping it in the driveway on a trailer when it is not in the water. I am wondering if I get a full cover if that will provide good winter protection here in Victoria. Have you had experience using a full cover and have you used it for sun protection as well as wintwer. Does it provide good protection or are there downsides. The other option would be to buy covered storage.
Leroy
 
If you're always gonna keep it in one place, they make a "portable" aluminum car port, with either open sides or some sides. Down here, one big enough for a car sells for under $900. There are also canvas/plastic things.

Charlie
 
We use full covers on boats in SW Florida and they do a great job in protecting the boat form the sun's UV rays.

Way up north I would opt for a hard cover..(Car Port) structure, but you need to check the local building codes unless you have a rural location.

Any cover that is vented is better then nothing.
 
Leroy,

If it wasn't for the pile of snow we received last year, I would consider one of those portable tents that Canadian Tire sells. We will be moving to our place in Port Alberni this fall and hope to put our 22 into a slip there. We will probably take it out for a couple of months in the winter and use one of those slanted rain covers over the cockpit. I see alot of the portable covers used for boats there but you would have be home to knock off the snow. I suppose you aren't able to erect a standing cover on your driveway there?

Andrew
 
Earlier this year a Brat posted about a cover he had obtained from Carver Industries. I went to the company's website: www.carvercovers.com and they looked good. Several of us asked for pics of the poster's cover on his 22 Cruiser. I don't recall ever seeing the pics. The specific cover mentioned was from the "Speciality Cover" page and was for a cuddy with hardtop. The size was the 23.5 and was said to also cover the engine. the specific page is: http://www.carvercovers.com/files/docs/DEHT_PPOLY.pdf

They have a five year warrenty, are breathable and have two poles to keep the cover high from the front of the cabin to the bow rail and from the rear of the cabin to the transom.

Sure would like to see a photo of how this fits a 22.

Harper
 
We bought a full cover for CD25 3 years ago from Angola canvas. Best investment we made for the boat. We have the sunbrella material. It is a beautiful custom fit. Cost was less than an almost fits. Angola canvas has the dimensions for the C-Dorys. Great company to deal with. Rain, snow, ice, the boat is always clean when we uncover it. Only down side is access which means uncovering enough to get on the boat when working on it at home. Snow is probably a bigger consideration in Victoria but should be manageable.
 
LeRoy,

We have a cover for our 22. It's a King that was modified by Bently (Portland) to accommodate the radar arch. It has been on for about 4 years now, and before that was used by Pat and Patty Anderson when they had their 22. All in all, it's worth it. Keeps a lot of the junk out, the UV off and the boat a bit cleaner. Last year we had about a foot of snow on the cover, and it stood up with no apparent stretching.
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I second the recommendation above for Angola Canvas. I got a cheaper (than Sunbrella) poly material. After 3 or 4 winteers it's still like new.
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Leroy,

Your weather in Victoria is not much different than ours in Sequim, and I would submit that:
1. A cover is much better than being without.
2. I would prefer indoor storage. (I put our inside 1 Nov to 1 March).
3. That isn't always possible.

So, note that a sunbrella cover looks nice, works well if fitted properly and made well. Ours does not cover the motor well and engines, and is going to get a second part extension, that will do that, but go on as a separate piece, --why, the cover is a bit heavy and unwieldily, and getting it on and of is usual a 2 person job. It does keep the boat cleaner, and decreases the UV oxidation.

I would also recommend that if you are having one made, make sure that it comes down over the hull sides to past the side stripe, on both sides and ties their. (Ours only covers half way.) I would also recommend a zipper opening to the cockpit, accessible by untieing only on tie-down, rather than having to untie the whole stern component, and lift it up and off the cockpit.

There are some pictures of SleepyC with the cover on in our album, (Click on the boat name just to the right of this post.) Ours does cover the radar, and "most" of the cockpit. There are no support posts under it and it has held up with what snow we have had here (about 10" one session.)

Good luck and enjoy,

Harvey
SleepyC
 
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