Bow Sail Shade R5

[akorcovelos]

[Dustin139]

Did you ever figure out a solution?

I have an 18 R5 and would like some shade for the bow. The hard part definitely appears to be the poles and how to connect them to the boat.

[sailor55330]

$1k for that?? Go to a local canvas shop, they’ll make you one just like that for half the price.

You sure about that? On my last boat I lost the binimi boot (very similar to our design, but smaller). Local shop near me wanted $800 to make that 5 years ago. At the boat show a couple of years ago one guy wanted $2k for a lesser built mooring cover.

Boat canvas is stupid expensive at a shop in my experience.

[Big Block Power]

$1k for that?? Go to a local canvas shop, they’ll make you one just like that for half the price.

You sure about that? On my last boat I lost the binimi boot (very similar to our design, but smaller). Local shop near me wanted $800 to make that 5 years ago. At the boat show a couple of years ago one guy wanted $2k for a lesser built mooring cover.

Boat canvas is stupid expensive at a shop in my experience.

Boot cover was 250 bucks here and my now and cockpit cover was 1200 bucks. Still cover I bet 500 bucks

[akorcovelos]

$1k for that?? Go to a local canvas shop, they’ll make you one just like that for half the price.

You sure about that? On my last boat I lost the binimi boot (very similar to our design, but smaller). Local shop near me wanted $800 to make that 5 years ago. At the boat show a couple of years ago one guy wanted $2k for a lesser built mooring cover.

Boat canvas is stupid expensive at a shop in my experience.

Way late on this, but my bow and cockpit covers for my old 21’ were $1100 for sunbrella. Guess it depends on the area, but here you could definitely get a bow sail for $500 or less.

[CobaltDeadHead]

Those looking for a cheap bow shade solution. $150 at West Marine

[brsmith1]

Does this still exist at west marine? I am looking for a bow shade for my 2019 CS22. It looks like there is a center pole that supports it?