Please Help Keep My Boat DRY!!!!

[bobbyT]

I would greatly appreciate your help in reccomending a cover that will keep my boat dry! I have a 2000 Legacy and I can't keep it dry. It has a Supra trailer tarp (canvas) and every time it rains, it leaks and the boat is wet! Hard to keep it dry when the cover doesn't even do the job. I am looking to buy a different cover and would only like to purchase one that actually keeps my boat dry! Thanks a bunch!

Appreciate your suggestions

Bobby T

[johndoe777]

buy a tarp

[BigCity444]

I found a guy on craigslist that was selling old nylon billboard signs. Super heavy duty. I had to trim it because it was 65' long. I pull it right over the whole boat and through a couple tubes in the front while removing all the cushions.

[OLDSCHOOL85]

I just bought a bover cover from Bass Pro and it definitely keeps the water out. It comes with a bar that you prop up in the rear of the boat to make it so you dont have any low spots that can hold water, and I didnt put it in there the other day. Anyway I got home from work after it had rained all day and the cover was holding about 20 gallons of water. So its definitely waterproof.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_97862_225009001_225000000_225009000_225-9-1

[bobbyT]

I should've clarified, I keep it in the water on a lift at my home. So the tarp and nylon billboard options aren't the best. Thanks though. I will look into the Bass Pro option. Any other recommended retailers?

[jzelt]

Sounds like it needs some sort of water treatment to repel.
I have had good luck using Camp Dry in an aerosol can.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Do you have low spots where water pools? Most covers will eventually leak if so. Try overtons for cover support poles - I need some too! iboats.com has nice covers too. A water-repellant treatment may work too.

[OLDSCHOOL85]

Mine held water all day and the boat was dry inside when i pulled it off. The only reason it filled up with water was cause i didnt put that pole up in the rear of the boat to raise the back of the cover.