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Location: north central wisconsin | I travelled with my custom Ranger cover on my boat for one season, during a number of long trips, and am still paying the price with the 'hazing' that occured to the gunwhale caps of my boat from a cover that is custom fit and fits as tightly as any I've seen. I have buffed and rebuffed and have gotten it out for the most part, but the boat was near cherry when I purchased at 5 years old, and wasn't so after a season of hauling with the cover on. I started to notice it in areas where a rail(my boat is a tiller), cleat, trolling motor etc kept the cover from rubbing ever so slightly. Those areas didn't 'scratch'. I now cover my boat on the really bad roads, and drive easily down them. Otherwise we clean the rig when we get home, and cover at night and in storage. So, in short, it isn't always a complete 'no brainer' to cover the boat on all trips, as no cover is completely imune to the micro movements at highway speeds, which will eventualy cause micro scratches to glass rigs, especially on the tillers.
Edited by Reef Hawg 4/9/2012 9:08 PM
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