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Hey y’all - boat cover!

Stano7

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Hi all, first boat, super excited. Wife and I picked up a 2021 scarab 165 today. Can’t seem to find a boat cover anywhere for 2021s! I have the shipping tarp it came with from factor but would like better protection. Any suggestions? Maybe an Amazon cover that would fit?
 

Nightmare

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Most Yamaha Parts are hard to come by due to Covid. Lots of the Yama guys use the shipping cover until it falls apart.
Check
 

Stano7

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Seems to be the problem. I’ll keep rockin the tarp. Was curious as to maybe there’s a similar boat cover that may work. Might get a strap down from Amazon for time being.
 

Dfred

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Wow - Awesome boat - Congratulations!!

Just a recommendation from our experience.... We went with this Classic Accessories one vs OEM due to price (the budget for needed life jackets, boat tow toys/accessories kept us out of OEM prices), and this is a known good brand (all our deck furniture covers are this brand after years of trials and errors with others. For the price - they are quality, perform great and have nice features).
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They have a D size that should fit your 165, as well as other models.
For this “water resistant” model we got - Definitely wanted to get a spray can of flex seal (or similar) on all the critical seams, and add some proper support poles (and webbing straps for the winter storage) to get the water-runoff/fit we needed for our 21’. ( The actual waterproof model from this brand is probably just waterproof out of the bag). I like the fit/coverage well low down over the sides - that keeps the boat’s top surfaces and rail seams covered and clean. I don’t tow cover on regardless, so I can’t give comment on that, but with vents, fit and features it should be reasonably okay for that .
 

Stano7

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This is great, thanks Dfred!
 

FSH 210 Sport

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You might go and check out Empire covers… I have one that I use most of the time on my boat.
 

Heizen

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When it comes to boat cover, I only depend on Classic Accessories StormPro. What made me satisfied is that it has a lot of room to spare for the engine and some boat accessories. It became more interesting when I found out that this is perfect for mooring and highway travel.
 
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