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Make a boom tent for your cockpit

• Ben Meakins
• April 11, 2016

Bob Goode shows how you can increase your accommodation by making a custom boom tent

Many years ago I started sailing with a Hurley 22, quite a small boat. Space was at a premium, especially with Anne and our  two small children on board.   We got around that problem  with a boom tent (see PBO March 1995).

Even though our current boat, a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, is 9.7m (32ft) long, a period of wet and windy weather seems to shrink that down and make her feel much smaller. I also prefer to be outside in the fresh air where possible so that I can see what is going on around me. However, I don’t like getting wet – it dilutes my whisky too much. Time for another cockpit cover!

Sensible headroom Many yachts sport cockpit enclosures but these require a lot of fittings into the fibreglass and are very costly: I was quoted a four-figure sum for one but I did not want to spend that much. Besides, there is always the problem of where to stow these types of cover. Taking some very rough measurements of the cockpit, I cut a large sheet of builder’s polythene down to approximate size, then marked the centreline and fastened it to the boom with some sail ties through the plastic. I lifted the boom to get sensible headroom and ensure the cover would not rub on the sprayhood. The edges were then stretched out to the guard wires and clothes pegs used to secure them. The position of the edges were marked using a permanent marker, allowing around a four-inch gap for the lacings. I also took photographs for reference later. I made sure to allow the tent had plenty of overlap with the sprayhood at the front and also the cockpit sides so that no rain would find its way underneath. When deciding on the windows, I was careful to position them so that they were usable whether seated or standing. They are also placed such that when the cover is rolled up the window material is not folded, only rolled. This avoids creases in the plastic and will help to stop it splitting over time. If you have a cockpit mainsheet like I do then this will need to be released before the cover can be fitted. Lewmar supply quick-release shackles to replace the standard shackles on mainsheet blocks. These are quite expensive, but I was lucky in this respect as my mainsheet was already fitted with them. An alternative would be to have a slit in the cover to go around the mainsheet and close it with Velcro.

Trimming the template The template was then taken home, trimmed to size and notes penned on for reference. At this point there are several ways to proceed. I could have sewn the cover myself but a domestic machine is not really good enough for stitching several layers of heavy acrylic together. I know from bitter experience how much it costs to fix my wife’s sewing machine so I opted to get the work done with a local cover maker, hence the photographs and copious notes. By making the template yourself you will save a lot of his time and your money! If you are sewing the cover yourself and using PVC, be careful as it can stick to the foot of the sewing machine. A way around this is to place tissue paper either side of the seam and then stitch through it. Tear off when the seam is completed.

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What the boom tent cost

The sheet polythene for the template cost £6 from Screwfix. A professional cover maker charged £328 for the finished boom tent in blue acrylic canvas, working from the template I supplied. I also bought: 8m of 6mm shock cord    £5.60 Nylon hooks    £6.90 2m of 6mm polyester line    £1.60 6 parrel beads    £2.40 4 luggage straps    £4.80 TOTAL: £356

SAVING MONEY If you are making one yourself, acrylic canvas is around £16/m and is available in 1.5m widths. My cover would have needed 5m. Blue PVC is not quite so nice, but would do the job for around half that price. Clear window PVC is around £8/m. Allow for 2m. Eyelets can be bought with a punch kit for self-fitting at around £7 for 25. Try to get extra punches as they blunt quickly. A length of webbing is needed to reinforce the centre seam and provide attachment for the luggage straps to hold the cover to the boom. A good source of such materials is Point North, at www.profabrics.co.uk. A home-sewn version would be about £130 using acrylic, or £90 using PVC – a lot cheaper than buying a bigger boat!

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Ocean Explorer – a micro cruising sailboat for inland waters from Perttu Korhonen

Plywood microcruiser for rivers and lakes – cabin and cockpit fitted into a tiny 8 foot sailboat which sails pretty well – see the video below!

Owning “yacht” – you don´t have to be rich – only little playfully attitude. Perrtu Korhonen

This is the story of an actual three day trip of Perttu and his nephew in Finland.

Plans $40 from Duckworks  and is complete with all details from making the hull to making the sail from a polytarp. I wonder if it qualifies as a tiny house. Maybe a tiny house … boat.

Perttu in Finland built one of my OZ PDRacers (now OZRacer) last year as well as building a Quick Canoe that he built in the snow during the last winter and used for camping and daytrips.

He is an adventurin’ sort of guy.

During this last winter he had a secret project.  Most of the Duck community fell over with surprise when he introduced his really nicely resolved Ocean Explorer – an 8ft long cabin boat.

It uses the sail, foils and spars from his OzRacer/OZPDRacer.

It makes a lot of sense for colder climates where it can be hard to find a warm and windless place to sleep.

He’s had it away on a couple of trips – he made this neat video of one of the trips.

I couldn’t decide if it was the most crazy thing or most wonderful thing I had ever seen – but was sure it was great!

Ocean Explorer.

He used the spars, sail and foils from my OzRacer.

So we got together via the net and worked it all out to produce a really good set of plans.

About 80 pages.  It includes all the methods to build the hull, centreboard and rudder, make the polytarp sail (though you can use regular sailcloth if you like) and make the spars.

A low cost professionally made dacron/polyester sail designed by Michael Storer is available from Duckworks .  It is labelled as the Oz Sail.

Perttu spent hours doing really cool perspective drawings of the construction, I fiddled through my Oz stuff to grab what was needed for his plan. He made some suggestions for the Oz stuff and I made some suggestions for his hull – it is really very simply constructed for a boat with so much surface area.

A nice collaboration despite being about 10,000miles apart. The new shape of the world – or size – or something.

Perttu headed off on the boat for several days with a compact crewmember.

Looking aft in the cabin – adult legs go under the cockpit seats.

There are two very important things with this boat.

One is that the boat is designed to be sailed with the hatch SHUT in all but the best weathers.

Also to make progress upwind in choppy water it is important to the weight of loose gear next to the centrecase in the middle of the boat to help keep the boat on its lines.

Perttu on the building

Last winter was quite busy for me. I lost my sense of realism when my girlfriend was going to Africa for four weeks. I had bought plans for two kayaks and I was focused of building them for both of us. Then Mik´s Quick canoe came on marked and I could not resist buying plans and building one. And then I get the idea of Ocean Explorer and I started to draw sketch of it. I liked it immediately and when Hanna left to Africa I started to build it in our living room – ( I forgot to tell her – now we are repairing our living room… ). oh1 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Idea was to make small, cheap and light “yacht looking boat” with good performance. It´s cheap to build, light and sails good – the look of boat is little odd on front view, but I still like it. loma3 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

In end of last summer I made three days exploring trip with it. Maybe I have lively imagination, but I felt like real sailor- sleeping inside cabin – on boat which I have build by myself – feeling how waves moves the boat… loma2 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Scotty on my forum

Scotty went ahead and did some great google sketchup drawings of the boat and some of the parts on my forum .

Perttu’s Cruise in Finland

Yes a real multiday cruise in a tiny and cheap boat.  I Launched my boat in Porosalmi Harbour.

I had three days to explore Linnansaari National Park in lake Saimaa Finland. The harbour was in sheltered bay and the wind was behind me. When I sailed on a reach, open lake area winds picked me up and I reefed the sail one step down. It was fun sailing. I was moving windward and the waves started to grow bigger and bigger. My boat name is iSo (big), but she started to feel small. It was a little scary and exiting at the same time. I started to look for shelter behind the islands and soon I reached a sheltered bay on one small island. I was so focused on sailing and taking photos, that I wasn´t sure in which island it was. I don’t have GPS– with maps there is always possibility to get lost! In the evening the winds are usually gentler. I had time to make coffee and refit the wind indicator, which had dropped into the cockpit. The bay was only 50m wide and it was a little battle to sail out to open lake. In the evening the winds were nicer and the sun was shining – not a trouble in the whole world.On one island there were 15 canoes and a group of young germans singing Kumbaya my Lord – I thought I must sailed too far south. The first night inside the cabin. The boat moves little with waves. I was reading a book and listening to the radio. Nice feeling – dawn comes and I fall into sleep. 12.8. 07:00 – Holiday – Why wake up at 7 o’clock? 09:30 – Stuck in calm. I miss yesterday´s winds and surfs. History knows greater sailors and explorers than me, maybe we still share something common – moments like this? That spirits up my mind and I start reading and let the sail up. 11:00 – Water supply showing alarming low. Sun is burning hot. In these latitudes the sun can be an enemy – am I gonna survive?My boat carries Michael Storer’s lugsail and it picks up even the littlest whisper of wind. I am actually moving slowly. My destination is Linnansaari Island´s north edge. The map says it has a dock for small boats. My boat has berth´s for two – is that dock going to be too small? 11:50 – A bird. Sign of land, binoculars! coconuts – whiskey for all! 12:00 – Back to reality (at least half of reality) – no whiskey for sailors! – Maybe a little in the evening? It´s time for lunch break. Tuna and pasta. (I caught the tuna earlier this morning.) When I moored, the winds started to blow. Luckily they died as soon as they appeared – I had time to eat in peace and take a small nap. 14:15 – In Linnansaari Island small boat’s dock. My fear was unnecessary. The boat just fit the dock. I hiked to a cliff which gave a great view of the lake. 17:00 – Moored to rocky island. Coffee break and swimming – feeling free. You don’t have to be rich, (with money) to complete your dreams! 16:00 – Nice steady winds – not big, but keeps us moving. 20:45 – Found nice place between two small islands. I took a couple of photos, set up the boom tent and slid into my sleeping bag. Later I watched the sunset through the cabin window.

13:08 – Friday the 13th. Beautiful morning, no clouds and the sun warms nicely. After breakfast I headed back to the harbour where I started. This trip is going to end soon. It´s time to start planning the next one. Any questions or comments: Plans are $40 and include Perttu’s hull and Michael Storer´s Lug rig, spars, sail design for home sailmaking,  and foil shapes.Plans for this baby are available from Duckworks or BoatCraft Pacific and soon all storerboats agents.

26 thoughts on “Ocean Explorer – a micro cruising sailboat for inland waters from Perttu Korhonen”

Hi….Michael…the new SkechUp for the 12ft design .is i think the very practical One….love that it has mor space..and payload.. hope to see that…i was playing micro sail boat for quit some times…..!!!have tons of adventure ..on that type

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22625264@N04/sets/72157622492439800/

the 8″ is too short for me (space), the 12″ is too long (car). i guess i’ll have to “stitch” the 8″ read to the 12″ front. otherwise i can’t roofrack that one on my compact car… (volkswagen rabbit, roughly 10″ long) also i need less height than the 12″ one…

what do you think – could be done in glass fibre with no wood for 30 kilograms ? (building a outer form, laminating in carbon or metal struts and using baloon pressure lamination techniques)

what about a 5hp suzuki engine (we have very few wind) ?

It is a common misconception, but modern wood construction is much lighter than fibreglass. Even with carbon you would find it difficult to get close to the weights of the same structure in premium plywood such as the gaboon species. Sometimes called Okoume. Still much cheaper than Carbon particularly when considering the cost of moulds and materials that won’t go into the boat

Fibreglass will be about 60 to 100% HEAVIER than wood. Glass specific density – 2.5gm/cm^3 Resin specific density – 1gm/cm^3 Okoume wood specific density – 0.35gm/cm^3

About 3hp would be more than enough for little boats like this. More will just make the boat stand up with its nose high in the air. Sensible speed is about 5knots (nautical miles per hour)

Best wishes Michael

What is the approximate dry weight of the OE with and without sails/rigging? I’m wondering if the boat is (at least in theory) car-toppable.

Cheers! ~Rob

I will forward this to Perttu and ask him for an approximate figure. It will vary a lot depending on the plywood and timber selected.

One thing to be aware of is that BULK can be as big a problem as weight when roofracking.

I calculated the approximately weight for hull and it shoud be around 45 -55 kg ( birch plywood ) Approx 130 lbs. and 5.5 kg for spars ( pine ) Thanks Perttu

(Comment from Michael … the hull weight looks about what I would expect but would depend on the timber. The whole rig for the OzRacer (the first two Oz PDRacers we built) was about 18 to 20 lbs (7kg) for the sail, rig and the few fittings and ropes).

Perttu and Michael, thanks for the response! That’s certainly an impressive weight and well within the 75kg limit of my roof rack (all bulk concerns aside …). I think it may be doable with speed restrictions and short trips.

Hello everybody, this boat is wonderful :-).

I have some question: is the ocean explorer a good boat for two persons?

What do you think to use that in the mediterranean sea? Do you think that the ocean explorer can works well in the normal waves of that sea?

Thank you very much

Paolo, Italy

Sorry, I forgot one thing.

The “Stitch and glue” is the construction tecnique?

No, it is not stitch and glue. It uses timber with square cross section in all the corners.

This requires fewer building steps than stitch and glue because the hull shape is so simple.

I would not recommend the Ocean Explorer for the Meditteranean. If you know it already, you know there are many beautiful sailing days when you could sail any boat, but then the screaming strong winds come from the mountains or the deserts. I don’t think it would be safe. It really is a boat for rivers and lakes with good sailing conditions because it is such a tiny boat.

As far as two people … It depends on the two people. I have slept in a very small tent with another person and it had been fine. I have slept in a much bigger tent with one person and they found it difficult. It is a small space with a small vertical dimension.

Not everyone will like it, but some who have the spirit of adventure will think it is cute and fun.

Excellent pictures, and funny story of the holiday trip. I especially like the shots on flicker of your living room co nstruction. If my wife was away, I would likely do the same if I had to, knowing she would HIGHLY disapprove. I love the final product, and am considering making one when I get home from West Africa rotational work.

I surfed the web and love the videos of your boat under sail. Post more to Youtube if you have any. I just restored an 18ft 1972 Folbot sailing kayak and had a blast learning to sail it last month while at home on days off. My wife said not to come home with another project that kept me up all hours of the night in the garage …… I think I will be in hot water when I pull in the drive way with the plywood in my truck :)

Bill, Surette’s Island, Nova Scotia

This is exactly what I am looking for! When do you think these plans will be available?

Plans are for sale now!

Ooze Gooze plans on Duckworks

I didn´t draw boom tent for this boat, same type boom tent like Ocean Explorer can´t be use, because cockpit is longer than boom. Boom tent is so nice equipment, that I would miss it, so that may come in future as add on – and curtains for sure – ha!

Now there is optional plans for outboard mount and some another small things, but that boom tent needs some thinking — Thanks

This is fantastic!

My wife (Finnish, coincidentally!) and I currently enjoy infrequent weekends doing minimalist canoe camping in the hidden lakes of the Canadian Shield (we’re not much for crowds). Our children are very near the age where they can be left on their own, so for over a year I have been conspiring to build a PD Goose for “luxury” camp cruising. My new home with double garage was completed over the winter and I came back to this page to visit the Goose plans when I saw this!

I intend to check back frequently and be one of the first in line when the 12ft plans are ready.

All the best from Canada,

Guess what Darren,

We finished the plans yesterday. Plans are for sale now!

More pics of the Ooze Goose sailing micro cruiser will go up here as we get them together.

Perttu’s computer drawings are a wonder.

Wow!…..How exciting!

Not only am I enticed about about this microcruiser’s sailing performance, but I am already being flooded with dreams of my sweetie and I on ultra-romantic wekkend and long-weekend getaways….I can picture us anchored up in some of our favourite private gunkholes – her stretched out sunbathing in the cockpit; me sitting on the bow catching supper; swimming; an ice chest full of cold ones; and the best part – no hauling camping gear ashore and back again!

Is this plan set also going to come with all the extra goodies – boom tent, curtains, blocks, etc?

The plans come with some of those accessories drawn up just like the smaller version. I will dig up Perttu for comments about what is there exactly – he will reply here and the reply should be forwarded to you automatically.

We are really interested in the performance too and how it handles different conditions. It is not really an “open water” boat, I would probably think of it like an open boat in terms of seaworthiness. If you keep that in mind and gradually extend what you do I think it will be very good fun.

Plans are for sale now Darren.

I’m loving this design. I really think there is genius in it. Great collaboration. I don’t think I can resist building one…I’ll send pictures

Most of the Genius is Perttu’s. I just supplied the running gear to make it go nicely.

I’m quite taken with your Ocean Explorer. My only problem is my wife always comes sailing with me, so the boat would have to sleep 2 adults. I’m 5’10” and my weight is 210 pounds; my wife is 5’3″ and her weight is 110 pounds. Could you design a larger Ocean Explorer that would sleep my wife and I? I sure hope so. We tent camp in a two person pack tent that weights 6 pounds. Good protection with a bit of comfort would be fine for us. Thanks so much for your help. We hope you have a great year.

Perttu and I are working on a 12ft version. It is a lot of work so it might take some time to get it ready.

One of the best ways to monitor what is happening is to join my forum as well as this website.

auch ich denke übereine 10 ft version nach- gegebenenfalls 12 ft-,auf keinen fall größer oder schwerer. habe großes interesse an neuesten informationen.

Thankyou Roland,

I work slowly when creating new plans. But I will write something here when it is ready.

12ft is a good choice. 10ft makes it difficult to get good performance when there are two people on the boat.

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Does anyone have plans for a home made boom tent for a O'Day 22? I am looking for something sturdy enough to repel rain and keep any bugs out.  

Boom tent I've got a book at the house called "The Complete Canvas Worker's Guide" by Jim Grant, that has all the instructions and some pictures of boom tents. The book is mostly sailboat oriented and has a lot of DIYs. Another book that I recently got from a friend is entitled, "The Big Book Of Boat Canvas" by Karen S. Lipe, and this book is also pretty good. I'd love to have a fabric type boom tent myself, but the expense of making one really deters me. Myself, I'd sooner put that kind of money into a Bimini top than a boom tent. I've been using Polytarps and these work great, not only for keeping out rain, but making the boat 20 degrees cooler in the hot sun at an anchorage. They won't keep out mosquitoes, but I try to stay away from places infested with mosquitoes. If by some chance I encounter mosquitoes, I'll hang my companionway hatch mosquito screen, and a screen that I made for my forward hatch, and just stay in the cabin. The only thing that bothers me about having an enclosure with insect screens is; what would happen if my boat slipped the anchor, or I had to get out of there in a hurry? Could I up anchor and motor out of there quick enough to avoid problems? This is why I've chosen to use regular Polytarps from Wal-Mart. I have them tied with slipped Clove Hitches, and round turn hitches with one slipped Half Hitch, and these tarps can be removed faster than the time it takes me to put them up. In a real emergency, I could cut the ropes if I had to. Of course, if you're boat is tied to a slip, you'll probably never have to worry about something happening. But then,--you never know.  

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Mikesboat is a big Piccup Pram. It is slightly narrower in proportion. The idea was to have something like Piccup that was large enough to take the family so she has two bench seats 8' long. It should be a good expedition solo boat with a boom tent fitted over the cockpit. Mikesboat has the Piccup layout with buoyancy/storage chambers fore and aft but now there is also enough room for a small motor well across the stern. As a rule something like this needs maybe 2hp to run at hull speed and even then there would be some extra. This shape of hull with multichines has proven good in rough water with fair speed.

Sail rig is the same 96 square foot sharpie sprit rig that I used on AF3 and a few other designs (actually it is the mainsail from a Bolger Jinni design I built 20 years ago). This is a change from the balanced lug rig that Piccup uses but Mike had good experiences with his Mayfly12 which used the sharpie rig and that is what he wanted. I would expect the sharpie sprit to be slightly better to windward than the lug but not by a lot and the sailmaker's talents might be the deciding factor here. There is no doubt that the sharpie sprit mast is perhaps 50% longer than a similar lug sail might need.

Mikesboat uses taped seam construction. Takes nine sheets of 3/8" plywood and three sheets of 1/2", compared to Piccup's fives sheets o 1/4". So you see that scaling up a boat makes for a lot more wood and weight.

I dunno if Mike ever built his boat but Bill Moffitt in Atlanta made one to run the Texas200. He is an experienced builder and sailor and made a thorough job of it in a big rush towards the end. Launching at the Texas200 was its first time in the water. His wife sewed the sails the day before he left for the cruise, and this was her first set of sails! The sail rig he wanted was a lug main with a sharpie mizzen. I drew those up for him and they are now included in the plan set. Here is his boat under sail:

Here is another photo of the boat beached beside Chuck Leinweber's mothership Caprice (which was designed originally for Bill Moffitt!) at the end of the cruise:

The cruise involved camping through several nights and Bill did something I have always thought about but had never seen. He pitched a standard tent in the large Mikesboat cockpit. A lot cheaper than a custom boat tent, for sure, but it takes a big cockpit to handle it. Mike also had some sort of center platform to fill the space between the long bench seats:

Well, three cheers for Bill and son Paul!!! As far as I know the 200 mile cruise went off without a hitch, the boat right on. But I suggest that most of us couldn't get away with going on a long cruise with an untested design.

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Safeguarding your boat investment Whether your boat is stored in or out of the water, no other cover shields it so effectively from ice and snow, sea salt, and the effects of pollution. Fairclough boat covers prevent costly repairs due to fading gelcoat or damaged brightwork, while adding years of life and enjoyment. The only requirements for our Boomtents to work, you must leave your mast and boom in place and have either a perforated toe rail or stanchion base to tie to.

  Benefits and value no other boat cover can top

• Quick and easy installation and removal
• Zippered door for easy access
• Can be fitted to accommodate rigging
• Vented for mildew resistance
• Optional extension skirt, made to protect your varnished toe rail
• No frame is needed, but is available for using with your mast down
• Made to last for years and years

Cheap boat covers can cost you plenty…

• Many last only one year
• Provide no doorway
• Don’t fit around rigging
• Are prone to tearing or blowing off
• Create a “greenhouse effect” and promote mildew
• Create waste — and are environmentally unsound

3 easy steps to prolong the life of your boat cover and boomtent system

• Remove snow loads, only takes about 15 minutes to get aboard and pat the underside of the cover to knock the snow off, if done shortly after the storm.
• Do Not leave your boat cover on over the summer.
• Remove cover dry and store your cover in a dry place.

Repairing your winter boat cover For a quick turn around on your Fairclough cover or boomtent system, please bring your cover in as soon as it’s removed from the boat. (April- June) Due to the amount of covers made in the fall, Boat cover repairs are not accepted after Oct.1 Note: Repaired covers must be picked up or arrangements made for shipping 30 days after billing to avoid $50.00 a month storage fees.

New cover repairs & alterations When receiving your new cover you should save the box it was shipped in. Use this box to ship the cover back. Use UPS shipping for the cover.

Alterations of new covers should be discussed with a Fairclough representative. Note: During the busy season, we are not able to make scheduled appointments with customers on installed jobs.

When receiving your new cover you should save the box it was shipped in. Use this box to ship the cover back. Use UPS shipping for the cover.

Also available is our full length Installation Video on CD-ROM. To request a copy, please contact us at [email protected]

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Sailboat Winter Cover-Boom Tent Style

Kinder Industries winter covers are fabricated to last longer than anything else on the market.  Made with the most durable fabrics, thread and construction techniques, this cover will protect your investment better than any alternative, at a price point that provides a better value than shrinkwrapping every year.  The environmental benefits are just the icing on the cake.

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The Kinder Industries boom tent-style winter cover provides an excellent combination of durability, coverage and affordability for your sailing vessel.  By using the boom as the support frame, snow and rain are shed easily.  A line from the gooseneck to headstay keeps the cover taut over the foredeck.  The cover includes at least six vents to eliminate mold and mildew, a zippered access door and ample reinforcement at all wear points.  This cover is built to last!  Fabricated with non-abrasive Boat shrunk Canvas, which shrinks 5% to ensure a no-flapping fit.  Available with and without toe rail skirt.

See our why choose a KI winter cover page for more details and a cost comparison to shrink-wrapping.

Please call 401 253 7076 for a quote.

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Sail Boat Boom Tent & Forward Tarp Combination Set for Sailboats

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• VINYL COATED POLYESTER TARPS - 21 Mil Thickness Designed for Longevity and Outdoor Use
• HEAVY DUTY ROLLED RIM SPUR GROMMETS - Placed On Corners And Every 24" Inches on The Boom Tent and Every 12" Inches on The Forward Tarp
• SERIOUSLY HEAVY DUTY TARPS - With 2" Inch Heavy Duty Webbing Stitched All Around Edges
• WATERPROOF, WINDPROOF & DURABLE - Rated to -40 Degrees Fahrenheit, UV Stable
• OVERALL DIMENSIONS - 8' X 10' Feet on The Boom Tent and 8' Feet Across the Back Tapering to 4' Feet Length is 8' Feet on The Forward Tarp

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Brand New Heavy Duty 18oz. Vinyl Sailboat Boom Tent & Forward Tarp Combination Set for Sailboats. The Boom Tent is 8' X 10' and the Forward Tarp for the bow of the boat is 8' ft. across the back and tapers forward to 4' ft. on the front edge. Length is 8' ft. The edges are reinforced with heavy 2" black polypropylene webbing and #4 spur grommets are inserted every 24" on the 8' X 10' boom tent and every 12" on the 8' X 4' forward tarp. We don't make these tarps until you order them so if you need grommet placement of modifications let us know when you order. These are manufactured with the same heavy tarp fabric used on semi-trucks. Its seriously tough stuff! Questions? Send us an e-mail through Amazon. we respond to all e-mails within 24 hours and usually much faster. Northwest Tarp & Canvas - Bellingham, Washington

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O'Day Daysailer Sailboat - Boat Boom Tent

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Our O'Day Daysailer boom tent cover is designed after the original boom tent made for the O'Day Daysailer.

The O'Day Daysailer came with this as an option from the factory so that you could camp on your boat, turning your boat into your own tent on the water. Our O'Day Daysailer boom tent cover is equipped with bungee and hooks coming off the edges to hook securely to your rub rail.Today the boom tent style cover is used for a variety of reasons, one of which is to keep water out and sun off of the boat. Our boom tent has a tie collar with three snaps that run down the front of the mast as well as a #2 spur grommet to secure the aft section of the cover to the boom. We also use 10 aluminum hooks coated in plastisol to protect the gunwales and secure the boom tent to your boat. 

We offer this cover in three different fabric types, look over the fabrics in the drop down chart below. 

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