Travel Cover Question

I recently bought a used 2014 1875 impact. It has a custom travel cover with snaps and an adjustable pole if front of the windshield and one behind it.

Last week I traveled nearly 5 hours to leech lake. I wanted to use my cover because of the long distance.

Once I picked up speed I noticed that my front pole had a lot of down pressure on it. The looser fabric around the pole was being sucked in towards and down the pole. I thought the plastic vent that holds the post in place was going to tear though the fabric so I pulled over and took the cover off. I hit some major rain during traveling making for a very wet dirty boat and compartments.

In August I’m looking at an even longer drive up north on vacation and would like to pack some things in the boat such as coolers, totes, kneeboard, etc. so I would really like to run it with the cover on.

Will the down pressure on the front pole cause the cover to tear through or is it made to handle it?
Should I consider extending my pull as high as possible to create less fabric slack?
Or maybe I should lower the pole or take the front pole out completly?
Maybe the front post should only be used when the boat is stationary?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Do you have a seat you can move up there that supports it better?

I have a grumpy cover on my Alumacraft. I do not use the poles for travel. I only use them if I am going to leave the cover on for out door storage. Not sure if that’s the correct way, but I’ve drove a few thousand miles with no issue

My Pro V has 2 poles. One on the front deck and one between the drivers seat and the one next to it. I have both poles set very tight so there is no slack in the cover at all. I don’t have any problems at all. You have to do trial and error so you can still get the snaps in place, but after you get that set its a breeze.

I do. That would certainly disperse the pressure. From my reply’s, it looks like trial and error.

Thank you

I bought a custom made snap-on cover for my boat in 2011 from Permatop im Mound, MN. Top Gun fabric, 3 support poles. It fits nice and tight and doesn’t flap. In fact, at highway speeds, air flows in from the front and the cover actually blows up a little so the top rounds out. You just have to adjust the pole heights so you have to work a little to pull it tight enough to get the snaps snapped. I’ve done 5-6 trips every year to Voyageur’s National Park and back, plus a couple trips to Lac Seul. Never a tear. The two end poles have a reinforced pad they snap into and the middle one is a vent. Always stored indoors. Best $500 I ever spent.

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David Blais wrote:

I have a grumpy cover on my Alumacraft. I do not use the poles for travel. I only use them if I am going to leave the cover on for out door storage. Not sure if that’s the correct way, but I’ve drove a few thousand miles with no issue

Same with me on the Lund cover on my 2000 Alaskan DC. The cover is going on it’s 10th season and I never travel without the cover snapped on.