Frames & Covers

Quinte Canvas Mfg.

Winter Storage Covers - with Frames

Framing your custom cover is serious business. We believe in attention to details and high quality materials can help make your new cover last.

The Frames are clamped onto the bow and stern rails of the boat. This helps in supporting the system and keeping it from shifting around in high winds.

Once the main spine is fastened to the bow and stern. The ribs are added every 4 feet from the bow going aft. Once the rib reaches the lifelines, they are then bent to rest on the deck just inside the toe rail or the fiberglass toe rail. Some people do not really call the fiberglass lip a toe rail. However. Whenever I have stubbed my toe on that rail...

Additional diagonal bracing is then added to the structure. These braces are attached to the lower part of the rib as shown below and then raised up to reach the upper part of the rib.

A heavy plastic foot is then installed onto the bottom of the tubing to protect your decks.

canvas frames

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Winter Storage Covers - Frameless

Boom Tent

These are frameless cover that uses the boom to stay in place.

We bring our boom tents and deck covers below the toll rail, to keep water off the decks and freezing.

Cutout are made for the stanchions , railings and the rigging.  We saw a collar around these cut outs. Sew a rope to it so that you can tie the collar off and then close off the key hole with a zipper at the bottom

Deck Cover

A low profile cover that just covers the deck and cockpit. These can be made with or with out the mast stepped. This is also a frameless cover.

Just a quick note to say how pleased I was with the frameless cover you made for my Kelt 7.6 at the end of last season. It was easy to install, took everything that winter threw at it and the boat stayed dry. It was also gratifying to watch the owners around me struggling with frame covers while it took me 45 minutes to take mine down to get the boat ready for tis season.

Absolutely delighted!

(A. Ross)

winter cover-boom tent
winter cover-deck cover