[C320-list] C320 Custom Winter Covers

[Lachance, Michael B (ISD, IT)]

Also happy with Faircloth. 9yrs old and still very good condition. Easy to install by myself esp. if you fold it properly the previous spring. If you're buying new get mast up version for flexibility. 
Mike LaChance
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-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
To: C320 LIST POST
Sent: Tue Oct 10 10:18:15 2006
Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 Custom Winter Covers

Joe,
   I should have saved this as a 'form letter' by now.... but here is
my yearly recommendation  for Fairclough. Very expensive but very good.
I think I paid around $2600 6 years ago but you should get a quote from
them at http://www.faircloughsailmakers.com/   They are from Connecticut
and  deliver and set it up for you the first year (in the Northeast any
way). I had the 'mast up' version but by cinching up the very water
proof mast and stay holes you can use it with the mast down which I have
done. I sold the cover to Jeff Hare and I am modifying the 1" galvanized
steel pipe frame to fit my Nauticat which I am doing my own shrink
wrapping on because I was afraid of the $$$$ involved with a second mast
and associated stays and giant dingy davit system I have.
Stan
formerly "Christy Leigh"
c320 #656
Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI

>>> "Joseph A Tamucci" <jtamucci at adelphia.net> 10/10/2006 9:30 AM >>>
Over the last 7 seasons I've come up with different ways to cover
Andante
mostly using those green heavy duty plastic tarps and wood strapping to
hold
everything up.  It seems I'm always reinventing the wheel and starting
all
over again every season.  The plastic shrink wrap will cost me $600 and
is
only good for one season.
 
For those of you that have bought custom 320 winter covers, where did
you
buy them and how much do they cost.  
 
Is there anything else you need to buy to install them, and are they
easy to
install.
 
Can they also be used with the mast down?
 
Are they well built and are they lasting for you.; how long can I
expect one
to last?
 
In hindsight, would you buy one again and from the same vendor?
 
 
Thanks for your responses.
 
Joe Tamucci #619



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