Snow covered wellcraft

[Destroyer]

Roffey, Spareparts is right on the money with the swimming pool cover idea. Go online to National Pool Wholesalers in Florida. Buy their gold, oval shaped 20x14 above ground WINTER cover. It should cost you around $50-60. (Since it's a pool cover there is an extra 4' of cover all around to fit down the sides of the swimming pool, so the actual size of a 20x14 is really 28x22) It comes with a steel cable that you weave through the grommet holes and trailer frame and then cinch tightly to secure it to the boat. For a longer lasting cover, do like Spare said and build a frame out of wood or pipe to go from the front of the boat to the stern to make a tent so that snow will slide off and not put too much weight on the cover. Also, a neat little trick is to go to Harbor Freight and buy a pair of their cheap foam knee pads. (less than $10) Put one on each corner of your windshield between the windshield and the cover and they will protect the cover from the sharp corner of the windshield.

If you should decide to not use a cover, just remember that this is a BOAT that you are covering. It's made to get wet. You will not harm it by not covering it... HOWEVER, you will harm any vinyl seats, fishing gear, etc, etc, etc, that you leave out and exposed, so it's always a good idea to cover the boat. If you should leave it uncovered, like Randleman said, MAKE SURE that the front is of the boat is higher than the rear, (so any water drains out) and that the stern drain plug is removed and that there are no debris cloging the drain hole. Just remember that if you leave it uncovered, the first thing you're going to have to do come springtime is completely powerwash the boat, cause it WILL be filthy from the rain, snow and dust that will accumulate on it over the winter.