flybridge cover

[Craig Mac]

what s the recommended material for white color and thread material-gortex?

[In Memory Walter K]

A lot of people have been using Sunbrella and another material that I think is called Stamoid.

[JP Dalik]

Stamoid if you like bone white or white ( I think they are still available in 2 colors) Similar to Weblon except it doesn't seem to wear out. Cuts with shears and is very durable over time.

Gore Tex thread if you can find it. The latest threads seem to be more UV resistant than earlier versions.

Sunbrella if your into colors. Its usually less money, is harder to work with (yes its the stuff awnings are made out of and has to be cut with a hot knife) and will over time become something that poreous. You can fix this buy putting scotch guard on it every few months once the leaking starts but its a bit of a pain as after every heavy rain a bit of the scotch guard comes off and adds to the black streaks.

[Mack]

I went with "double" stamoid with gortex thread about 3 years ago. It holds up great but is tough to keep clean after awhile. Making matters worse, our marina is directly under one of the landing paths to BWI airport, about 15 miles away. During bad air quality periods in the summer, we get a light soot-like dirt on our boats. It usually cleans off the boat pretty easily, however the stamoid is a different story. Tried several products but have not had much luck. Off white cover now has a grey look to it.

It has otherwise been a great material.

[bob lico]

i also have stamoid about 9 years now . looks like new but in the area that it fastens to the boat they used eyelet socket & clinch plate .i have no clue as to what you guys use to lubricate the clinth plate.when i try to remove ezcy/stamoid those plates are frozen and very hard to seperate from eyelet.somebody has to have a solution??

[Buju]

Tef Gel

[In Memory Walter K]

First a drop or two of Corrosion-X. Let sit for a while. After removal, Tef-Gel.

[bob lico]

thanks guys always been a nightmare!!

[Terry Frank]

One of the first posts from this site that I saved was from UV. He railed about how Dick Bertram would have wanted white biminis and such. He also discussed Stamoid, Gortex and Stratoglass. I've replaced all of mine with those products and have had good luck. Bob Lico, I'm fixin" (Southern") on setting up my 6bta's like you recomended. Changes for easier oil changes and such , not shaft angle. Thank you all on this site for the info.

[In Memory Walter K]

Terry, I had mine done that way when I got mine. The only mistake they made was putting both hoses to the port side of the engines. If you're doing it now, make sure you bring both engine's hoses to the inboard side uf the engines. Makes it much easier at oil changing time. Walter