Towing with Bow and Cockpit cover?

[mraz72]

Do you guys tow with the bow and cockpit cover on or off? Do you use a mooring cover?

I ask because I tow without any covered, but if I go longer ranges, changes are I will hit a storm and get the boat soaked.

I leave the covered off because I don't want to lose them...

 

[ar240owner]

I towed my boat from Colorado to St. Louis with the bow and cockpit cover ! It did realy good !!

 

[Matt Phillips]

I exclusively use the towing cover when on the road. Besides keep the inside dry, it also looks daunting to remove (to those who may want to look inside). On another note, when on the way back from the lake, there's always a ton of wet stuff that I don't necessarily want to put back under the seats or into the closet (our dry room). Case in point, this is what my boat looked like coming back from Lake Shasta a couple of years ago (sometimes it's just easier to leave the wet gear on the wet carpet)...

 

[njmr2fan]

Whoa! Thats a big wet mess! Mehhh.... Ill deal with it at home! LOL

Me too!

 

[Speedling]

For some reason my clips just WON'T fit right on my windshield. Probably the wrong size by like a 16th of an inch or something but I now have both 3/4 and 7/8" clips and they just don't hold! The snaps pull them right off!
So until I get small screws to put into them... I won't be using the cockpit cover while towing. Bow cover? Well, it made it 75 mph and we didn't lose anything out the back with no other cover on... So I guess that's something. I guess I can make my boat faster now?

 

[mraz72]

maybe I'll try to tow with the bow and cockpit cover. I wish there was a bungee or something attached to the covers so if the snaps give out the bungee would hold.

I guess the worst that can happen is it blows off, causes an accident and I get sued lol

 

[subysti]

I always tow with my mooring cover and rain poles installed. The manufacturer has videos how they're designed for towing. Works great.

 

[njmr2fan]

I tow with my mooring and a 36" beach ball in the bow, and now our HO 3 person towable in the rear underneath to give the cover support. I also cover the windshield with slit pool noodles.

http://www.amazon.com/Swimline-Clas...&qid=1464920253&sr=8-1&keywords=36+beach+ball

http://www.costco.com/HO-Sports-Delta-3-Towable-.product.100249572.html

 

[Julian]

I have towed short distances with my bow and cockpit cover with no issues at all. When I go longer distances I use the full mooring cover as it covers more of the boat.

 

[Boat Crazy]

Tow with bow and cockpit cover on. I heard to many people losing seats uncovered. I tow with rain poles removed. The one time I left them in while driving on the interstate, it only took 10 miles before the pole went through the front bow cover. ( cover is 6 years old though).

 

[Matt Phillips]

Exactly..

Hang it all (including the carpet) in the garage and deal with it after three days of drying....

 

[bumpy]

We always tow with the bow and cockpit covers on. I did it for 10 years with a Four Winns deck boat, and now for 3 years with my Yamaha, poles installed. 73 mph is the fastest I'll go towing, and usually slower. The longest trip so far has been under 100 miles each way, so the distance hasn't been much, but so far, so good!

 

[Speedling]

We always tow with the bow and cockpit covers on. I did it for 10 years with a Four Winns deck boat, and now for 3 years with my Yamaha, poles installed. 73 mph is the fastest I'll go towing, and usually slower. The longest trip so far has been under 100 miles each way, so the distance hasn't been much, but so far, so good!

73?....
Why not 74 and test new limits!
Seemed like a very odd number. I am the type to go with numbers divisable by 2 or 5 myself. You and your prime numbers...

 

[bumpy]

65 + 8, usually slow enough to avoid a speeding ticket!

 

[Speedling]

65 + 8, usually slow enough to avoid a speeding ticket!

Lol
Love it

 

[Jay Petzold]

Get crazy next time towing 74.5!

 

[bumpy]

Analog speedodometer in my '07 Tundra; I'm chicken!