rustyretired wrote:
Hobie TI Boat Cover Deteriorating Badly18 months later my neighbour's cover straps have disintegrated and both covers are now covered with a powdery white film.
...I would have expected a greater lifespan than this?
Is it normal for the covers to deteriorate this quickly and, if so, is there a better quality alternative?
If they are made out of the same grade material that my AI's mast/sail cover is, I would say it is expected.
Seems to me like Hobie are using fabrics that have little or no UV resistance. They look nice on the showroom floor, but deteriorate badly after a season of use.
Even the el-cheapo 10-oz painter's drop cloths that I used to make my own AI cover are outlasting the mast/sail cover - and the mast/sail cover gets covered up by the drop cloth boat cover when it is sitting unused, so the UV exposure is much, much less for the mast/sail cover than for the boat cover.
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