Hi
My current boom up cover is well past its sell by date and needs replacement. The existing cover suffers from a major design flaw as it has just slots at the shrouds. These are closed ineffectively by two webbing ties which allows water to flow down the cover through the slots on to the decking below. Not too much of a problem if you have an all grp boat but for those of us with all timber designs or in my case a Porter composite with timber decks it is a pain. The varnish in the shroud area is now virtually non existant and before I replace either the cover or the varnish I am looking for a solution. I have scoured the dinghy park at our club and I am truly amazed at the relatively poor designs from many well known names. Most do not have any effective closure or seal at the shrouds and in fact a tarpaulin and string would do better!
Searches on the web have come up with little success excepting one comment from Speed Sails about shroud collars. Are these built into the cover? I would envisage the best solution to be a wrap around collar which seals around the shroud with velcro or similar and maybe again sealing back to the main cover. This might be either seperate or part of the main cover.
I am sure there are others who suffer from the same problem and hopefully someone has the answer. Ideally I would like to purchase a cover that does the job rather than start messing around modifying a brand new one. Either way I would be appreciative of any helpful advice that is available,
thanks
Albacore Andy
Blue Jay
GBR A7525
