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Topic: 176 mooring cover
Posted By: Sanger2Nautique
Subject: 176 mooring cover
Date Posted: October-10-2020 at 11:56am
Just bought a 1996 176 and love it. I had a 20” Sanger. I have a standard size slip in a marina with a hydro hoist. On the Sanger I bought an over the counter generic cover (Overtons) that fit perfectly. That cover had a series of 1 inch plastic clips sewed into the edges. I attached the included long connecting straps to the lift and I had a perfect setup; it was easy to reach all of the boat from the dock and was very easy to secure.

The 176 is a smaller boat with a narrower beam and the distance from the windshield to the bow is very short. The boat came with a snap trailer cover which is impossible to put on while the boat is moored or on the lift due, in part, to the standard size slip with a small boat. Also the bow and stern snaps are impossible to get to while in the water or on the lift and the the cover encompasses the swim platform which I really need to stand on to secure the cover.

Now with all that said, can anyone recommend a cover that is easy to use given the above constraints? I see that Nautique sells a custom (allegedly—-vague description) cover for a 176. Does anyone have one of those?

Advice please?


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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: October-10-2020 at 12:11pm
Angola Canvas:
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Tell them you want the cover with a draw string. You slip the cover over the bow, sides and stern then standing on the platform you tighten the draw string.



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Posted By: 66Skylark
Date Posted: October-12-2020 at 10:06am
I ordered a cover from Angola Canvas for my 176 back in 2013...

The cover I got goes over the swim platform and you tighten the drawstring.
I believe they did offer a cover that would not cover the swim platform...

I went the cheap route and got the canvas cover.  Just two years later the area around the swim platform was wearing and a couple of holes developed.
The platform is just above the waterline, so any sort of wave splashes up on it, so it is almost constantly wet.
I tried applying water-proofing to that area, but it didn't last long and stayed wet.

I reached out to Angola and they offered to repair that panel on the cover.  I shipped it back and they returned it and had replaced that canvas panel with a synthetic material.  (The name of the material escapes me at the moment.  Not Sunbrella, but the next step down...) 

I still have that cover, but this will be its last year...  I'll be shopping for a new one this winter.
I was very happy with Angola Canvas.  The canvas cover I got was a nice fit and I thought it was excellent service that they repaired it.

I would definitely order from them again and I will definitely spend the extra money for a Sunbrella cover!
Give them a call...

Now, if they can only make a cover that is spider repellant!!

Hope that helps you...
Kyle



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