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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 12/22/2007 :  18:37:36  Show Profile
I have an '85 Catalina 25 named Passage - standard rig with a fixed keel - and I'd like to get a weather cover for the cockpit, companionway and poptop area. This cover is to keep the weather out of the salon when we're not sailing.

As in all boats of this type, depending on the rain and winds, rainwater finds it way into the salon area and wets the cushions.

If anybody would like to sell such a weather proof cover, I might be interested in buying it.

Pls let me know.

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Bruce in Connecticut.
bruce2sail@aol.com
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 12/23/2007 :  22:56:18  Show Profile
I went w/ a white tarp and 4 bungees...not very elegant, but functional and pretty inexpensive.
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Response Posted - 12/24/2007 :  11:56:29  Show Profile  Visit Chris Z's Homepage
Jerry,
Where did you get the white tarp. I have never seen one.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 12/25/2007 :  02:41:20  Show Profile
Jerry and Chris -
I have seen a white/tan cloth tarp at the Home Depot.
It didn't seem waterproof and may have been made of canvas.
Could you spray it with Scotchguard or another kind of waterproofing material to keep it from getting waterlogged?
Perhaps a ripstop nylon rain fly for a tent might also work without need for spray?
- Bruce
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 12/26/2007 :  22:18:49  Show Profile
After reading in this forum of another doing this, I went online and bought a powerboat cover. I plan to cut a hole for the mast and a slit to the side so I can get it into position. It was only about $15 plus shipping, so if it doesn't work, I'm not out too much. I'll put a note on the regular forum to tell how it goes.
In the interim, get a 8' x 10' heavy silver poly tarp and snug up one 8' side to the mast. Attach each forward corner to the forward lower shrouds with bungees. Attach a short 1/4" line to each aft corner, go around outside the winches, tension the lines and secure the lines to the cleats behind the winches. That will cover most of your cabin top as well as most of your teak.
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Response Posted - 12/27/2007 :  09:55:02  Show Profile
Hi Bruce... Do you leave Passage's bimini deployed when you're not around? (...the one I put on only months before selling her.) I found it sheltered the companionway hatch boards pretty well--hardly any drips.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 12/28/2007 :  17:47:02  Show Profile
Dave -
I love the Bimini - it is perfect when temps are high and the sun is strong or when it rains. But I only use it while sailing or hanging out in the boat for lunch.

Otherwise, I wrap up the bimini under the cover to keep the material looking nice. And while it would work fine to keep the water out, I prefer to come up with a more "sacrifice-able" method.

The tarp idea seems like a good plan, as it's cheap and easily replaceable.

I plan to repair the leaking seals this winter, and so the urgency might become less at that point.

Meanwhile, I've tarped the entire boat over while on the hard for the winter. When I remove the wood portions to refinish them (grabrail, poptop handle, companionway ladder, companionway doors and door holders), I plan to put down a new tarp (as suggested below) on this section just in case the main tarps leak or let the snow in.

I'll also keep this tarp handy for the sailing season.

Thanks
- Bruce
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