Towing with a cover??

If you have a good fitting quality cover, you will be able to tow without tearing the cover up. Depending on the cover, you may well scratch the gel coat some though. I have had Deans covers in years past, they fit really well, but the one I did tow with one time, did lightly scratch my gel coat on the top cap. So I never tow with a cover anymore. One thing thats good to do after you have it good and tight, and have driven some distance, say 20-30 miles, stop and tighten the cover up. It will loosen when you drive. Then check it whenever you stop after that. Some folks will use a couple of layers of saran wrap type stuff on the gunnels before putting the cover on. Ive never done that, but I hear that it helps to protect the gel coat. Im sure others will come along with better suggestions. I just have a BCB dust cover now and dont tow with it, just use it to cover the boat when parked outside overnight on fishing trips, etc.

Ive towed to AR from home (2200 mi round trip) 3 times and to AL (1100 mi round trip) once with my Aurora cover on. No problem and no scratches. It has to be TIGHT though.

My boat just went with new owner from Texas to Canada. We wrapped the top cap and most of the hull with plastic shrink wrap that is used to wrap freight. I talked with the new owner today and asked him how the wrap job worked and he said perfect. I think he paid $25 for the wrap and we used about half a roll. If youre driving more than a few miles, theres almost no way to prevent scuff marks caused by trailering with a cover whether its a Deans or an Aurora. The scuff marks wont hurt anything, but they are a pain to buff out! I suggest any plastic wrap that will stick to the top cap whether it be food wrap or freight wrap. The freight wrap was nice as it is wide and could be stretched very tight without tearing.

If you plan to tow with the cover…use the pole or poles…it will help to keep the cover as tight as it can be. At least that was my experience when I used to tow with a cover. The only time I have ever wished I had a cover on was one January, about three years ago, coming back to Indiana from Alabama. I got into some wet snow flurries and had a lot of salt, etc all over the boat. It was not a good thing. Other than that…I have never had a problem with the inside of the boat getting dirty while towing. If it does…you can always clean it up.