Swallow Boats Forum

Quite a few people asked me about the boat cover on my bay raider this weekend.

I got the cover from Edenstar, The little Barn, Woodgate, Crawley Lane, Kings Bromley, Burton on Trent, DE13 7JF 01543 473344. email admin@edenstar.co.uk.

Its the Oxford 20-22\\\' Boat Cover. It cost £82.49 delivered.

Get some rags or mats to put over the spiky bits of the boat. My cover has a couple of tears from sharp bits because I have to pull it so tight to try and stop pooling. That said, water that pooled, stayed on top of the cover and did not leak in (or if it did then only in tiny amounts and the grot stayed outside.)

I bought a cover from Speedwell Star, as mentioned some time ago by someone else on this forum, http://www.speedwellstar.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_38&products_id=181 for £92.49 and am very happy with it.  Pooling of water was a nuisance and I was thinking of making some sort of frame or set of frames to minimise this.  My wife, who has all the good ideas in our house, said why not just use a clothes horse.  So I did, its just the right size and works really well with an old towel over the sharper bits.

And underneath the cover

Paul

Your Bayraider cover from Edenstar is it a \\\"mast up\\\" variant as i\\\'m looking to either buy one of these or modify my existing cover to become a \\\"mast up variant. At the price you listed it would be cheaper to but a new one. How well does this \\\"off the peg cover\\\" fit the Bayraider.

Thanks

How well does this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"off the peg cover\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" fit the Bayraider.

It fits perfectly, but it has, after a couple of years lost its waterproof quality.  I shall have to reproof it or get a new one.