| Here's our photo diary of installing the J-24
trailer cover without a hoist: |
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Scott and Christine Starting at the bow.
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Forward three straps have been snapped across the deck.
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Christine is about to lower the forward port pad so she
can slide the cover over it.
We drop one pad at a time, then pull the cover aft and up.
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The cover shock cord is clipped around the stanchion
and Scott is holding the
cover down tight towards the center of the hull while Christine tightens
the
stanchion pad. Then they go to the starboard side and repeat the
process.
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Once both front pads are back up and tensioned, we
lower the both middle
stanchions at the same time. Christine is clipping the shock cord
around the
stanchion and is about to pass the strap across the deck to Scott.
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Now the part that makes the cover work - There is a
zipper that runs from the
keel to the transom, and Christine is starting the zipper. Note
the "Keel flange"
that is part of the cover. Once you install your keel cover it is
hidden, but it
guarantees that there won't be a gap between the hull and the keel
cover.
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We zip the zipper a foot or two before lowering the aft
stanchion (one at a time).
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You can see the cover is over the port stanchion and it
has been tightened.
We are about to lower the starboard side. This part is a little tricky
because
you need to give the cover a tug towards the center of the boat so the
two
halves will zip together. Note the soft polypro webbing (in VSP
Green of course!)
that protects the hull from getting scratched by the zipper. Also
notice the
bottom fairing by Chris Morgan of Green Mountain Foils.
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It is a little hard to see, but the zipper is fully
enclosed so you can't really see it!
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Here's the transom - notice a few things: First there
is a second zipper
that zips along the starboard side of the transom right along the
side
from the deck down to the center. If you look closely you can see
both
zipper pulls in the center. The other cool feature - there is a
zipper that
goes from the deck down to the motor mount opening. We've added
a
"collar" that ties around the motor mount.
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Although the top cover isn't completed yet, you
get
the idea. Also note the keel cover is in place.
There it is - start to finish was about 18 minutes
(for the bottom cover). You can do it on the hoist as well,
mast up or down, and with a full crew it should go
pretty quickly - we'll let you know! |
