Minnesota Classic Glastron Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: demian5 on March 20, 2024, 11:37:37 AM
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Hey my PCV structure to hold my boat cover up to keep water from poling and possibly leaking is in need of replacement. Wanted to see if there are better, cost-effective ideas out there!
I have a 79 CVX16SS and it sits nose down in my driveway with the drive up. I keep a water-resistant cover on it (we know that unless you spend $$$$ they are just water-resistant) that is tight along the hull and has straps that hold it on, and I also have a silver tarp over the cover with bungee cords. I buy desiccant bags from amazon and change them out about 4 times a year.
Thank for sharing your setup and thoughts.
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I use one of these, it works great! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDGZCMM2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDGZCMM2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details)
-Andrew
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Wow that's fairly economical.
I use one of these, it works great! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDGZCMM2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDGZCMM2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details)
-Andrew
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I was looking for pictures to make a response. I apparently have never taken a picture of the boat with the cover on it or what holds it up.
First I will say that I pretty much always use the second level up covers from classic accessories the blue ones because they have them at Fleet Farm right down the street from me and the reasonably priced even though they don?t fit great.
All of our small boats are outboards right now so that changes things a bit, on our GT150 I use a fiberglass bowl like this (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240328/4a8ebd6ef50eb8c16c2c8fec6736f0aa.jpg)
And I slid the cover in the back to go around the motor so any drainage off of the cover goes into the splash well.
On our 16 CSS, which is pretty much the same as the outboard version of your boat, I use the same cover with one of these vents that penetrates the cover and excepts a metal pole. That was probably the easiest to deal with.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240328/9e3d8846528c1ec8a6e4a97546ad7cde.jpg)
On Gregg?s CV 16 I?m using the cheesy plastic version of what Andrew posted, I don?t really like that because you have to tie it off before you put the cover on, I have four ropes on it and I tie it to the four cleats.
I have found that those blue covers shed water for about two years, Starbright makes a waterproofing product. That?ll bring them back to life, but it?s kind of a pain to put it on.
Hope this was helpfull.
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Been using 2 fiberglass bows under the cover for 16yrs still working