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    Posted: 10 Dec 08 at 1:03pm

Originally posted by Noah


There's absolutely NO WAY I'll trail without the cover on. That way lies madness.

Totally agree. i did once see an over boom cover with a a few bits of webbing on the inside, then it was tied to the toe straps to take the slack out of towin. looks really neat and it didnt flap about. this was for an ent though. only downside is you have a gurt well to fill up if it rains lol.

id just go for a normal cover with loops to tie a halyard too to and haul it up. if ur worried about water on the decks put some fabsil on the cover where it touches the gunwhales, that works well as the cover never soaks water up
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Villan,

There's absolutely NO WAY I'll trail without the cover on. That way lies madness.

Right now I have a tired old heavyweight PVC boom up cover, which trails OK-ish, but it does tend to flap about in a 60mph breeze! I've found the best way is to make sure the under-boat straps are REALLY tight.
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Boom up and trail with the cover off.

My old wooden fireball has a boom up cover, and its just a pain to tow that with the cover on as it fills with air. Also, being boom up, it ends up looking like hovercraft when the msat is down, as all the excess cover just hangs down.

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OK, looking for a consensus here. I need a new cover for my composite Fireball. It'll deffo be breathable, but boom up (more breathing, cover doesn't touch deck) or boom down (easier for travelling).

We'll probably go to 6 or 8 away events each year, so its not like we're on the road every weekend.

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