Inflatable dinghy covers - any recommendations?

[CLB]

I'm after a cover to keep the weather off my little 3m rib while it sits on its trailer. In has a console and 15hp outboard on the back. I tried a cheap cover from eBay but it was rubbish and fell apart in a few months.

I could get be made from canopy material, but wondered if there are any good generic covers worth looking at first.

Cheers

 

[CLB]

98 views and not a single recommendation. Does no one else cover their dinghy, or are all covers rubbish?

 

[petem]

98 views and not a single recommendation. Does no one else cover their dinghy, or are all covers rubbish?

I suspect that a lot of people have custom covers. However, Ducks Back are popular for outboard covers (I have one) so you might want to consider one of their Rib covers. See https://ducksback.co.uk/?product_tag=rib-sports-boat-cover.

 

[dj43]

Brought a new cover for our Zodiac yachtline rib from Barnet marine center ltd , fitted perfect, In fact swmbo said it was too good to

leave on all the time , so we are still using the old one

We have a problem with sea gulls

 

[CLB]

Those Bartnet ones look v expensive, think I'll give the ducks back ones a go. Found a thread on here with some quite good comments.

Thanks all

 

[Andrew M]

We had one made by BHG marine in Lymington for our Zodiac 310, they had it made to pattern by another, I think, local company. From memory the tag on the cover is "Sea----something". It's a good job and fits well with a perimeter tensioner and 2 x under belly straps. Might be worth a call and just asking how much, sorry it was included in some other work and I can't remember how much was for the cover.

 

[rafiki_]

I have a RibEye cover on my RibEye tender. Does the job.

 

[Bouba]

Every cover I have is destroyed by the Med sun in one season or less. What I did see was a dingy with a custom cover for the inflatable tubes only. This is the perfect solution as it means you don’t have to faff about putting on an off the cover , it lets rain water flow unimpeded and protects the tubes from claws when the dog comes onboard

Does anyone know where to get one (that won’t cost more than the dingy)?

 

[simonfraser]

Duck cover has lasted at least two summers in the south of the UK.
Gota rig up a central support, I used some drain pipe.

 

[Andrew M]

Gota rig up a central support, I used some drain pipe.

I've found the best for me as a water shedder has been a normal fender sitting sideways on the jockey seat., and a bungee cord from the cover at the top of the outboard down to the prop to keep tension on the centre line of the cover from the bow.

 

[Bouba]

I always make several small holes to let the water pass through, it’s hard to stop puddles especially if sometimes you have the outboard attached and other times removed