Ike
Active Member
- Dec 17, 2011
- 460
- Boat Info
- 1972 Sea Ray SRV 190 I/O
12 Ft Rowboat
8 Foot Sailing Dinghy
- Engines
- Mercruiser 165 6cyl inline GM 250
I put my 1972 18' Sea Ray in storage in October, covered it with a good boat cover, and by the end of November the wind and rain storms had destroyed the cover. Looking at what happened, where the cover rest on the top of the windshield it was ripped by the aluminum frame, which has some sharp corners. So I bought a new cover, and spent several days pondering how to keep that from happening again. There are all kinds of solutions but I was looking for something simple and hopefully cheap.
I was preparing my motorhome water lines for winter by covering them with foam insulating tubes and it hit me! this stuff would be perfect. Slit down one side it would fit right over the top edges of the windshield. So all the sharp edges are covered and in the spring you just take it off. No glue or screws or anything. A little tape on each end keeps it in place. Best part, it was $2.29 per 6 foot tube. Just look for Pipe insulation. Comes in various sizes. Two lengths covered all the edges of my windshield. So now the new cover that cost almost as much as the boat did, will last a bit longer than the old one.
I was preparing my motorhome water lines for winter by covering them with foam insulating tubes and it hit me! this stuff would be perfect. Slit down one side it would fit right over the top edges of the windshield. So all the sharp edges are covered and in the spring you just take it off. No glue or screws or anything. A little tape on each end keeps it in place. Best part, it was $2.29 per 6 foot tube. Just look for Pipe insulation. Comes in various sizes. Two lengths covered all the edges of my windshield. So now the new cover that cost almost as much as the boat did, will last a bit longer than the old one.
