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No problems at all with the bow cover, just the cockpit cover.
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Bow/Cockpit Cover
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Jetboaters Admiral
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My local upholstery shop just quoted me a new bow cover and bimini top in Sunbrella patterned from my OEM SX210 pieces for $800. The new Sunbrella biminis run $650 but come with poles. Covers are probably the most expensive/least exciting thing to buy for the boat; but you do get what you pay for. Should I just bite the bullet and support small business America, or is it too steep?
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Not bad for both covers. You need to ask yourself if you'll keep the boat long enough for the covers to pay for themselves.
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It's high, but how much time would you invest finding someone else? If it was me, I think I'd pay that if it was close to me. I got quoted $600 last year for a Sunbrella bimini alone, and ended up buying an OEM one. And wished I had a Sunbrella one the rest of the year. And the Sunbrella will last longer. The top and side curtains on my Porsche are Sunbrella, and it is just awesome.
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Thanks. You are right about the time investment and since my garage is two inches too short for a 242, I am definitely going to stick with her a long time. As expensive as Sunbrella is, I can still buy a lot more biminis before I scratch the surface on the price of new ones. Good for Yamaha (and us); they have come a long way since the early days of our boats.
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