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DickR · 06-12-2014, 10:39 AM

I am need of having the original front cover of my 1997 boat replaced. I have been under the impression that I would have to do one the following:

1. Trailer the boat to the shop and leave it for days - a week, something best done at the end of the season when I have to pull the boat anyway or before launch in the spring.

2. Take the existing cover to the shop and hope that a new cover with snaps that fit exactly can be made from the existing top, without having the boat on hand. Then if it rains before I get the new top back, the boat gets wet.

But I wonder if any of the shops do "house calls," making up the new top with hemmed edges in the shop using a good template made by the owner from the old top, then custom-fitting the snaps on site to get an exact fit. Is this realistic or unworkable?

06-12-2014, 10:39 AM	#7
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 749 Thanks: 4 Thanked 259 Times in 171 Posts	House calls? I am need of having the original front cover of my 1997 boat replaced. I have been under the impression that I would have to do one the following: 1. Trailer the boat to the shop and leave it for days - a week, something best done at the end of the season when I have to pull the boat anyway or before launch in the spring. 2. Take the existing cover to the shop and hope that a new cover with snaps that fit exactly can be made from the existing top, without having the boat on hand. Then if it rains before I get the new top back, the boat gets wet. But I wonder if any of the shops do "house calls," making up the new top with hemmed edges in the shop using a good template made by the owner from the old top, then custom-fitting the snaps on site to get an exact fit. Is this realistic or unworkable?