pvc pipe boat cover support?

Answer 1

hi there, from your question i can't tell if you want to make one or want to know if they are availible on the market. i am not sure if there is a place that sell them,at least i couldn't find one, so i made my own, i have an open18 foot aluminium with a center consol,first i found out where my crossers were going to be placed across the gunnel, i measuered under the gunnel across in 5 places and cut 1inch pvc 2 feet longer than each measurment.then i measuered the space bettween each crosser down the length of the boat, keeping the stern one clear of the engine front, the subtracted 2 inches from each of the measuerments except for the front one and the back one. these were only one inch shorter,now you need 10 tees, 5 for each side, starting at the stern measuerment glue a tee to the pipe, this is best done on a long flat surface, glue the next tee and next pipe and so on up the length of the boat keeping all the open ends of the tees pointing up, let these dry, when they are set and don't move on the pipe, put in the crossers the way they were measured to cross the boat, do not glue these peices in, now drop one side in the boat with the other side hanging over, the opposite gunnel, now you need three people to get ends and center of the overhang , just push and walk straight in to the boat and snap the pipe under the gunnel, now it looks like a covered wagon, i then took a full length of pvc and zip tied it to the outside of the arcs at the top, then covered the boat with tarp for the winter,going on its 6th season with no problems.... hope this helps, happy boating

Answer 2

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