Questions About Installing a Mooring Cover on a Docked Boat

[jetblueWI]

As much as I didn't want to do this, I just purchased the two-piece bow/cockpit cover, will be installing it sometime over the next few weekends.

The reason is the ease of putting it on; also, it's doable without backing into the slip. The mooring cover is pretty easy, but not super convenient - tying off the boat through the zippered access ports etc. The snap-on two-piece will be easy by comparison, and family members will be able to do it themselves.

I'll have to live with snap-ons but on the plus side it will give us more options.

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Would you mind posting some pictures of this when you get it installed? I'd be interested in seeing how it turns out.

Oh, and I ended up pulling the trigger on the mooring cover. After playing with it in my driveway last weekend I can see that it will likely be a chore to get on while the boat's in the water (as many of you have said). Love the fit of it, though, and am excited to use it for trailering.

 

[DrPhil]

...and also comment on where you ordered your two piece cover from. Thanks!

 

[swatski]

Look into the white composite snaps for the boat. They are std size and will fit your cover. I love the ones i put on my boat. So much better than the silver ones

That's brilliant, I had no idea it existed.
Thanks for posting the link @zipper.

I had a two part cover on my old 190 and it was great, very convenient. It served me well during one crazy Bimini crossing, too, keeping water out of the open bow, lol.

Of course, the mooring cover protects a boat way better, and Yamaha mooring covers are very nice.

The new two piece for the 240 - I purchased the bow piece from another member here last year but never installed, the cockpit part is on order from boats.net, I did not receive it yet.

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[johhnyboat]

Major pia for the yamaha mooring cover while in the water. My marina has the dock at the transom. There are no sides whatsoever. There are pilings between slips only. You really need access to the sides of the boat from land or dock. Put a snap on cover on the boat. Those are meant for boats in the water. I just had one made for my new boat as well as my 232 that i sold last year. Works flawlessly.

Did you have it custom made? I will be in a wet slip this summer and I don't want to spend a lot of time wrestling with a cover.

 

[mrcleanr6]

Yes here is the thread

https://jetboaters.net/threads/275-sd-custom-cover.31398/

 

[alex.oleynikov]

Maybe bigger boats are harder. I did it several times by myself on 195s without any major difficulty 7-10min top on one sided dock. Yes I only tighten one side but this works just fine.