Getting Your Boat Ready For Summer
It may not feel like it yet, but the first day of spring is finally here! Pulling our boats and other toys out of storage is one of the first signs of spring. As any Minnesota boat owners knows, canvas boat covers can take a real beating. Especially if you leave them outside during the winter months: the elements; curious animals trying to scratch their way through the cover and into the nice dry boat; leaves, branches and occasionally limbs falling on them and perhaps piercing them. You might make temporary repairs to the greatest damage with a strip or two of duct tape, but making permanent repairs during the boating season, even before the first launch, will ensure a long life for your boat’s cover. Continue reading