https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/boat-cover-batten-sockets/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:47:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/boat-cover-batten-sockets/#comment-125200 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:47:09 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=182716#comment-125200 For dry storage of my SF Pelican, I made the hoops out of PVC pipe with T fittings at each end. I modified the T fittings by sawing away a portion of the cross piece (as opposed to the vertical leg) so that they would fit snugly down over the the cockpit coaming. I used about 4 of these, as I recall. They seem to hold up well during winter weather. They certainly are low cost. Should be adaptable to any boat with a coaming that protrudes above the deck by an inch or so.

]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/boat-cover-batten-sockets/#comment-125189 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:28:36 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=182716#comment-125189 These are pretty nice, solves the problem well. For winter storage where I need to deal with snow, I use 1/2 ID PVC to create Conestoga wagon hoops with a 1/2″ dowel or rod driven into the end. Works great but I’d not want to take it down the road.

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