TOWING C-Dory with Camper cover

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TOGO

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C Dory Year
2009
C Dory Model
19 Angler
Hull Identification Number
CD019157F809
Vessel Name
TOGO
Is it better to tow with the cover and curtains on or to remove them. If this has been a topic before please direct me to the thread. How does it effect gas mileage? What about ware on the cover.
Looking forward to your comments :D
 
Well TOGO, did you buy the 19? Sounds like it. Did you enlarge the opening? Don't keep us guessing.... :mrgreen:

Charlie
 
I prefer not to travel with a cover. Sunbrella isn't cheap and the wind doth blow. Unless extraordinary efforts were made to create the cover as a travel cover it will stretch every seam and the Sunbrella itself.

The only times I travel with a cover is off freeway and for short distances only, like from the storage yard to the house and back.

Don
 
Take all the canvas off PRIOR to towing. The camper back is expensive and the wind at 60MPH can tear it up if given enough time. I wish I had always taken the canvas off prior to towing my CD 22. The canvas would be in better shape today.
 
Also, the wind will cause your canvass to rub and wear your gelcoat. Learned that the hard way.
 
It's best to completely remove the canvas.

For example, a bimini cover wrapped up and in its boot on the frame can still sustain damage from wind and vibration. Zipper and zipper pulls rubbing on the canvas caused wear that varied from abrasions spots to holes in the canvas on our current bimini.

We had new canvas stitched right over the old on the largest section of the bimini to extend the life of the cover.
 
I will travel with out the canvas. :D
Thanks
 
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