Buttons on the bow enterance?

Firestone · 07-30-2016, 05:25 PM

Lmao. Crack the whip

pllevine · 09-04-2016, 01:13 AM

It's been a while for this thread....
I finally got off my posterior today, and with my son "Kill Switch" Dan with me, we made plastic sheet templates of the 202 bow cover and cockpit cover...

Funny thing is the cockpit mooring cover snaps are not on the top of the windscreen frame, as I see in other 202s. The snaps for this one are at the bottom of the windscreen frame. That means that my windscreen will be covered BUT now instead of a flat piece of Sunbrella, I have to deal with the curving windscreen.

1998 202 Shabah 5.0L Alpha 1

**Hunter12345** · 09-10-2016, 10:55 AM

Cant anyone with an original 98 202 cover trace and send you a pattern? If anyone here needed a pattern for a 180 mooring cover id gladly trace and mail the pattern.

1998 shabah 180
5.7l 350 mag
Bravo III

Firestone · 09-10-2016, 01:59 PM

My snaps are on the bottom as well. Makes it real fun to put on. Hunter brings up a good point. I could trace my original mariah cover for you, but I am a 2000. Not sure they are exactly the same.

pllevine · 09-13-2016, 04:52 AM

Thanks, John... Appreciate the offer but I'm not sure of the differences in the two years between them. I kind of froze up on the cover project after my "Boat Guru" told me that I would be wasting money and material because I don't know how to sew and don't yet have a heavy commercial sewing machine. He said that if I forged ahead, chances are that it will leak if I don't know how to sew it properly.

1998 202 Shabah 5.0L Alpha 1

Firestone · 09-13-2016, 05:08 PM

Yeah I hear you. I might get one more season out of my original. Just going to have to pay the piper.

TN_Diablo · 09-15-2016, 06:06 PM

I'm not sure I understand why so much effort into this unless you use it to block off the bow while running around. For storage I think it's much better to have a full cover. Probably the best purchase I made for my Diablo (it had none of these special covers) was a full cover in Sunbrella fabric, as recommended here, made be Westland purchased from RNR Marine.

It originally seemed to be a little short but after getting wet a few times it stretched a little and fits really well. I spent my time making a little pole support setup and I'm really happy compared to any previous cover I've had. 2-3 that were about $100 but more or less a waste of money compared to this one. This one maybe $4-500 range.

pllevine · 09-16-2016, 06:34 AM

I'm one of those lucky few that never really puts my boat into storage. It gets used 10 or 11 months out of the year. The cover just keeps the sun from baking the new interior that's going in.... This type of cover will work for me in most cases. Besides, I already have a full cover for it....

1998 202 Shabah 5.0L Alpha 1

TN_Diablo · 09-16-2016, 01:56 PM

I guess I'm the unlucky one then since we don't use our boat much more than 10-11 times a year.

When our kids were small we used it much more.

pllevine · 07-07-2017, 12:54 AM

And here's an update 10 months later (never let it be said that I don't move carefully).... just got word that my new bow and cockpit covers have been completed.... and they look better than stock.... I had them made here in Central Florida by a guy named Jim Cavender of Salty Dog Canvas.....

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