Rain pools on G21 cover

[nyryan2001]

Get rid of all the OEM poles and straps.

Get a Hangtyte. Done.

[xxrb2010]

I wonder how the cover will resist over the time after you make a cut out in it for your Hangtyte. you might have to replace the cover often or repair it.

[NautiqueJeff]

I am used to a G23, so maybe the poles are placed just a little bit differently, so I may be off base here.

I see that the strap that goes forward from your rear pole seems to be wrapped around through the pole twice, since it goes across the entire top of the pole. Mine is not like that. On mine, the strap that goes forward is just connected to the forward hole in the plastic cap. Any chance that could be changing the position where the pole is being placed, and that could be altering the support location enough to make a difference?

Also, in your first picture, it appears that the cover is just laying flat on top of your rear compartments. It shouldn't do that. The straps should hold it up off of the vinyl. Something isn't right.

Do you have the ratchet strap under the rubrail ratcheted down tight? Are the three rear straps connected and tight?

Here are a couple more shots of mine. You can see that there is no way water would pool where yours is on mine.




See in this shot how the cover is held up off of the vinyl over the rear compartments? I wonder why yours isn't.

[Bevostein]

Something definitely looks off. Was your G21 an early production. Curious if maybe it has the older style cover before they transitioned to the newer cover. Or could it be this is a cover made to be used with the tower down. It's looks like there is a lot of slack all over that cover. To raise it up high enough to drain those areas it looks like the pole would need to come up at least 6 inches or more and that doesn't make sense.


Sent from my iPhone using PLANETNAUTIQUE mobile app

[NautiqueJeff]

I definitely agree that something's not right. It isn't a tower-down cover. Those don't have any holes at all for the tower. It definitely isn't an older style cover either since the part that wraps around the tower is definitely the new style. I wonder if this is an early-production cover that just isn't quite right.

If the ratchet strap is indeed tight when this happens, I would seriously consider asking for a warranty replacement.

[Cpan13]

Looking at your pictures your pole is WAY higher than mine. And this actually already is a warrntied cover. My boat was previously a demo boat and the original cover had a small hole in it so they got me a new one. Both covers fit the exact same and both covers came with the same length poles.

Could one of you guys measure your cover pole for me? I'll just extend it if that's the case.

[Cpan13]

Jeff, after looking more at your pictures, your strap goes OVER the windshield. Mine goes under. If it went over there's no way the poles would even touch the deck. Im thinking it's probably due to the shorter bow of the G21. Looks like I might run the strap over the windshield, ditch the front pole all together, and extend the back pole.

[NautiqueJeff]

Oh yeah, the strap should certainly be going over the windshield.

[Cpan13]

Tried it this morning. If the strap goes over the winshield the poles hang about 6-8" off the deck.

[NautiqueJeff]

Weird. I am heading over to my boat in an hour or so. I'll measure mine when I get there and post a picture.

[NautiqueJeff]

Ok, I measured mine today and the rear pole is right at 4'. I took lots of pictures so that you could see how I have mine set up.

[Cpan13]

Okay I think the issue is with the front pole. For some reason both my covers came with super short ones. See how it hangs off the ground if I run the strap over the winshield. I replaced the front pole with a spare rear pole and now my setup looks like yours.

Also you asked me about the way my rear pole is set up earlier. I looped it like that so I could leave the rear seat open and avoid any moisture sitting between the layers of vinyl. It only moved the pole forward about 2 inches so I doubt it was effecting anything negatively. I was having the same pooling issue before I did that.

[NautiqueJeff]

The bottom of your poles is different than mine too. I wonder if they gave you a completely incorrect set of poles. Mine doesn't have that white pad on the bottom. Mine have black pads about the size of the top part where the straps are.

[bscott]

I'll bet it's because your boat is parked nose down in the driveway. I have this same problem when I park my 200V in the driveway.


Sent from my iPad using PLANETNAUTIQUE mobile app