A Fairclough cover came with our boat and is currently on its 15th year. There's a local guy that keeps patching it for me. The bent frames add space (vs boom tent style) and makes it easier to work inside during the winter. Also the canvas breathes, which is nice. It takes 4-5 hrs to set up, but all things considered I'd probably go this route again.
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Indigo Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 3:01 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter covers I cannot rate the Canvas Store and their frameless boom tent high enough. I do not recall the cost but it wasn't expensive - especially with a boat show discount. At the end of last season I sent the cover back to them to have some minor repairs done (a couple of zippers had become unsewn (I have had the cover at least 5 years) and a couple of the tie-down tabs had come off. ) Canvas Store paid shipping BOTH ways AND did the repairs at no cost to me. Now that is SERVICE. The frameless cover works particularly well on C&C's because of the abundance of holes in the toe-rail. (Indigo is awlgripped so I don't want anything below the toe-rail. No affiliation to Canvas Store - just a very contented customer Jonathan Indigo - C&C 35MkIII - now on the hard at Port Milford _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of djhaug...@juno.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 3:10 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Winter covers Okay, So what do all of you do about winter covers? I've used tarps previously but they are a bit of a pain and not that cheap. I made a frame out of 1"x4" PVC trim. I bowed them from toe rail to tow rail and it worked okay. I'd love to have something a bit better but I just got 2 prices for a custom cove. The place that made my sails wants $4200 with the frame and the Faiclough wants $2900 with the frame. WAY more than I wanted to spend. I spoke to a guy at the Boston Boat show back in January or February and he said it would be about $1800. That price I can tolerate but I forgot the name of that company... Danny Lolita 1973 Viking 33 Westport Point, MA
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