steve_cronin
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I\'m having a laying up cover made
and I've considered the options of material. One is the usual vinyl or it could be in acrylic "canvass"
The cover will be an under-boom affair with waterfalls over the top rail to make run-off water miss the teak cappings and the topsides, with luck, zip-joined at the mast with a ridgeback to support the forward part. It will be secured by a large number of tie-downs to the lower rail.There will be a zipped access panel at the rear. Due to this type of construction, it will allow good air circulation but keep the high winter rainfall of Corfu off of at least the coachroof and decks. Now I'm not looking for comments on the general layout (& won't receive them gracefully!) as it has been discussed with the very experienced local maker and I'm firmly set upon that but simply on the material to be used.
Acrylic canvass has the greater aesthetic appeal as it just looks more nautical but since it won't be seen by the general public, only other owners in the compound, that isn't really important. A "Con" to acrylic is that it soon loses it's "duck's back" water shedding property and absorbs it instead unless it is regularly re-proofed with proprietory sprays (Grainger's etc.) Although frost is rare in Corfu, damage and maybe water penetration and stitching rot could ensue.
Vinyl, on the other hand, soon ends up with rain stains and can look rather dowdy but apart from stitching holes, would be totally impervious. It's visual appeal is far less but as I've said earlier, that doesn't matter in a boat park. Another factor with vinyl is that it is more likely than acrylic canvass to suffer from early UV degradation and go stickey but since this is a WINTER cover and I'd probably choose a dark colour, that too should be minimal. As to costs, the Vinyl would be around €2000 and the acrylic €2500
Anyone have any thoughts. I'll be placing the order very soon.
Steve Cronin
and I've considered the options of material. One is the usual vinyl or it could be in acrylic "canvass"
The cover will be an under-boom affair with waterfalls over the top rail to make run-off water miss the teak cappings and the topsides, with luck, zip-joined at the mast with a ridgeback to support the forward part. It will be secured by a large number of tie-downs to the lower rail.There will be a zipped access panel at the rear. Due to this type of construction, it will allow good air circulation but keep the high winter rainfall of Corfu off of at least the coachroof and decks. Now I'm not looking for comments on the general layout (& won't receive them gracefully!) as it has been discussed with the very experienced local maker and I'm firmly set upon that but simply on the material to be used.
Acrylic canvass has the greater aesthetic appeal as it just looks more nautical but since it won't be seen by the general public, only other owners in the compound, that isn't really important. A "Con" to acrylic is that it soon loses it's "duck's back" water shedding property and absorbs it instead unless it is regularly re-proofed with proprietory sprays (Grainger's etc.) Although frost is rare in Corfu, damage and maybe water penetration and stitching rot could ensue.
Vinyl, on the other hand, soon ends up with rain stains and can look rather dowdy but apart from stitching holes, would be totally impervious. It's visual appeal is far less but as I've said earlier, that doesn't matter in a boat park. Another factor with vinyl is that it is more likely than acrylic canvass to suffer from early UV degradation and go stickey but since this is a WINTER cover and I'd probably choose a dark colour, that too should be minimal. As to costs, the Vinyl would be around €2000 and the acrylic €2500
Anyone have any thoughts. I'll be placing the order very soon.
Steve Cronin
