Cover for motorboat and motoryacht

Protect your motor yacht

If you want to protect your motoryacht against the winter conditions? Do you want to keep dirt and moisture out of your boat? If you want a winter cover for your yacht or cruiser then it is important that you think about the following points.

Frame for the cover

When you have planned to make a Wintercover for your cruiser, you need a frame on the boat frame to support the cover. Importantly to support the drainage. This is a must of course when you also want to protect against, for example snow and other bad weather conditions.

Frame material

Make a frame from wood or aluminum, both materials are light and easy to handle. A wooden frame is slightly easier to set up and thus to dismantle. A demountable frame is easy when you want the sail in the same way on the boat again next year.

Type of fabric

Of course there are many different types of fabrics for covers, that allows you to cover your boat. so there is PVC cover, polyester fabric , acrylic fabric , and more. Try to make the cover as light and as strong as possible, try to find the balance, when the weight per m2 is around the 270 grams then you're ok. Sails which are also used to cover trucks weigh about 600 grams per m2 sometimes boatcovers are also made of this heavy material. The lifting of many square maters is almost impossible. The weight of the fabric nowadays does not say much about the quality. so there are polyester fabrics on the market with a PVC coating on the inside, that are both strong and light at the same time.

Customization

Making a fitted winter cover for yachts is customization and is very important for covering your cruiser perfectly. Traditional sailmakers come along with molds fabrics, make a mold of your boat and take it in the workshop apart again. The mold is transferred on canvas again and then stitched together. However there is one Boatcover producer in Holland who does is differently. this company is called Bootzeil they have developed a unique alternative method. They have the fabric on the shelve for different lengths of boats in stock. They take it with them to your boat, put it on your boat and draw your boat on the caver. A little less customization, but therefore less expensive. A custom sail for a boat of 12 meters will cost to traditional sailmaker roughly around. € 3000 , - The bootzeil alternative for such a measure can be made for around € 1800 , - they say you save on money but not on quality, Manny happy customers.

Take a look at the website of Bootzeil: www.Bootzeil.co.uk