Several months ago my child Bridget asked for and received a sewing machine , this got me thinking...
Two week?s ago my boat cover I use for trailering bit the dust, rather than going to Walmart for another one I decided that making my own would be fun! So after a quick lesson from Bridget I was off to Harbor Freight for a heavy tarp and Joanns for big needles and the heaviest thread they had in stock. Honestly I figured it would be a train wreck but it turned out surprisingly well. I had my son help hold the tarp down while I marked the pieces with a sharpie... cut sew, repeat. It took about 8 hours and is very far from professional but has held up pretty well over a 200 mile round trip on the highway and another 120 on more local roads.
I?d love to say that leaving the back open was deliberate but I just ran out of energy for this project. It does make getting into the boat easy while the cover is on
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Two week?s ago my boat cover I use for trailering bit the dust, rather than going to Walmart for another one I decided that making my own would be fun! So after a quick lesson from Bridget I was off to Harbor Freight for a heavy tarp and Joanns for big needles and the heaviest thread they had in stock. Honestly I figured it would be a train wreck but it turned out surprisingly well. I had my son help hold the tarp down while I marked the pieces with a sharpie... cut sew, repeat. It took about 8 hours and is very far from professional but has held up pretty well over a 200 mile round trip on the highway and another 120 on more local roads.
I?d love to say that leaving the back open was deliberate but I just ran out of energy for this project. It does make getting into the boat easy while the cover is on
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