Watercraft Covers

Watercraft covers are very important. The purchase of a watercraft cover is the single most important thing you can do for the life and good maintenance of your watercraft, whether it's a seadoo pwc, a pontoon boat, a canoe, a motor boat or a sailboat. All watercraft benefit from having a good quality and properly fitted watercraft cover.

The costs related to each watercraft cover are directly related to the size of the watercraft and to a less extent the cost of the watercraft. It goes without saying that you will likely spend more covering and protecting your 75 horse power ski boat than you will your aluminum fishing boat. However, both boats should have a cover.

Of course water craft that have motors or cushioned seating require the most protection from the elements. Sometimes it makes sense to have two covers for your watercraft. For example, I have a lighter weight cover for my seadoo pwc that I use from day to day in the summer months. This seadoo cover is meant to keep the sun off of my paint job especially when I have specific detailing done. I have another heavy seadoo pwc cover that I use when I store my machine for the winter months outside. I also use this heavier cover every time I travel. The heavy cover is a more secure fit so it is safer for taking on the highway. I would never use the lighter cover for traveling as it is looser and would get caught by the wind. It also is less secure and I would worry that it would thrash around a bit causes wear and tear to the cover and perhaps dings to my machine.

For some smaller water craft like kayaks or canoes you would only need a cover when it is not being used for extended periods of time, or in the winter, or if you live in a rainy climate and need to take steps to keep the seats dry.

A good quality watercraft cover should last 50% of the life of the watercraft. This is just a rough rule of thumb. However, you should know that covers don't last forever and need to be replaced from time to time.

Previously only larger watercraft had customization on their covers. These days every one is getting into the game. People are having their names included in the customization of the cover. Competitive pwc racers often have the teams names embroidered on to the cover. Others prefer not to have a name included but rather have another symbol like a tiger or dolphin or some other type of symbol. Whatever your taste a good quality watercraft cover is a good investment.

Seadoo PWC Covers

A Seadoo PWC cover is critically important if you have purchased some sort of pwc - a seadoo, yamaha, or waverunner etc. Whether your pwc is in the garage, at the lake or on a trailer in the backyard, any time it's not in use you really should have your machine covered. A quality seadoo pwc cover make the difference between keeping your watercraft in good shape, or having it deteriorate because of the elements and other wear and tear. If you plan to trailer your pwc, then your cover is particularly important. Trailering is super hard on your pwc, and choosing a well fitting cover of the proper material will help to avoid travel damage, as well as keeping wind resistance down for safer traveling.

The pwc cover you choose should contain at least some man-made material - polyesters or something else synthetic, to increase rip and tear resistance. Heading down the highway at 100km per hour puts enormous strain on you cover. Add additional factors such as wind, rain ot hail and your cover will be seriously tested. Without having a custom-made cover, which correctly fits the seadoo, you can cause much material whip, which eventually will cause stress points in the cover and unnecessary wear and tear.

It seems that the general agreement is that 50% a cotton to 50% synthetic material is the maximum the natural fibres vs synthetic fibre should be for good durability. If there is a greater than 50% cotton content then the cover will not wear as well. The benefit of cotton is that is breathes and therefore helps to minimize moisture build up and mildew. However other synthetic fibres can also breath which lessens the importance of cotton content.

Once you buy your machine, you should think very seriously about getting your hands on a good quality seadoo pwc cover. They are worth every penny.