Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
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Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
I have a good quality Pontoon Boat Cover, is it necessary to have it shrink wrapped for the winter?
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Re: Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
No, just make sure your cover is tight enough to shed water and not pool
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McAlester, Oklahoma
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Re: Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
Depends on the cover and where your winter is? If you have a heavy snow load your mooring type cover will not support the accumulated snow.
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Re: Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
No, I don't think Shrink wrap is "necessary".... but I guess a lot of that depends on where you live, what kind of winters you have etc... if you already have a good pontoon cover, just make sure it's "tented" at several points so so and rain will run off and not "pool" on the cover..
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Re: Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
This, your mooring cover is not designed for a snow load and will most likely tear with the weight of a wet snow.. If you do not get snow, your mooring cover will be fine.
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Re: Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
Something to consider is moisture and mildew. A shrink wrap would trap any moisture and aid in mildew/mold growing. Unfortunately that can also happen with a mooring cover so it it's possible to have a small fan circulate air that will help. We don't have brutal winters, just brief interruptions through the year but when we travel on the motorhome for an extended trip, 2-3 months, I take the boat home to Alabama under a pole barn. It was summer the first time and covered and the seats got quite a bit of spotting. The next time I put a fan in the bow gate and left the fan go on low the whole time. Made a huge difference. I realize not everyone has a "dry dock" pole barn with power to secure a boat for extended periods but that's my comments.
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Re: Shrink Wrapped VS Pontoon Boat Cover
I had heard somewhere (maybe here?) that leaving the gates ajar would allow air to move through and out. I have done that on the few occasions when I cover mine. I prop all three gates about half open. Worked fine - though it was not for months at a time.
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