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monty0
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Initially Posted - 03/16/2007 :  13:23:41  Show Profile
We've got a canvas cover for our pop-up which seems a bit tight and is nearly impossible to snap it on. It looks like it's barely been used. Anyone deal with this problem before? Any ideas on how to stretch it a bit so it won't be so ornery?

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Monty
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 03/16/2007 :  13:28:59  Show Profile
I've got the same problem. My plan is to install a new set of snaps on both the cover and the deck, with a little more slack and less tension. Not enough for the wind to get underneath, but just enough to make it convenient to use.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/16/2007 :  14:12:42  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
These are very expensive options first I would try some vinyl conditioner to soften it up a bit. Next I would try to heat it, either in the sunlight, hung over the pop top or if you have the boat at home on the hard then in a non tumbling low heat setting in the dryer, (maybe a blowdryer while you fit it).
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Renzo
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Response Posted - 03/16/2007 :  14:15:15  Show Profile
Mine is the same way on my '84. The trick is to not do the snaps in sequence but to do the ones in the very front first then do the ones in back (by the companionway) then do the ones in between. That way you are stretching the full length of the material and it has more give. It's still a little bit of a wrestling job but I think it's best if the cover is a little tight rather than a little loose.
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djn
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Response Posted - 03/16/2007 :  14:15:43  Show Profile
I'd do like Frank said, or just keep using it, it should loosen up after being on for just a week or so. Cheers.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/16/2007 :  21:22:46  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Renzo</i>
<br />Mine is the same way on my '84. The trick is to not do the snaps in sequence but to do the ones in the very front first then do the ones in back (by the companionway) then do the ones in between. That way you are stretching the full length of the material and it has more give. It's still a little bit of a wrestling job but I think it's best if the cover is a little tight rather than a little loose.
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Your technique makes a whole lot'a sense.
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Renzo
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Response Posted - 03/17/2007 :  06:53:29  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The trick is to not do the snaps in sequence but to do the ones in the very <b>front</b> first then do the ones in <b>back </b> <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Thanks for the kudos Frank. But after re-reading my original post I am mortified by my lapse of nautical terminology. In the future I'll make sure I use <b>Fore</b> and <b>Aft</b>. I know better than to speak or write like a lubber. For the time being I hope everyone will accept my Mea Culpa and I assure you all that I am appling the cat-o-nine tails to my back as I write this.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/17/2007 :  09:39:48  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Renzo</i>
<br />For the time being I hope everyone will accept my Mea Culpa and I assure you all that I am appling the cat-o-nine tails to my <b>back </b> as I write this.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Don't you mean stern!
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tinob
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Response Posted - 03/17/2007 :  10:26:40  Show Profile
I'll second Frank's use of heat, preferably the solar, to soften the cover, than apply Renzo's technique to stretch it in place. If all else fail there's always the option to replace all the attachments.

With this going for you you can't fail until you take it off and store it again.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT, #3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 03/17/2007 :  10:28:38  Show Profile
STERN, Don
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Renzo
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Response Posted - 03/17/2007 :  10:45:55  Show Profile
I'll split the difference and say TRANSOM
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ddlyle
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Response Posted - 03/17/2007 :  16:57:04  Show Profile  Visit ddlyle's Homepage
"... apply Renzo's technique to stretch it in place. If all else fail there's always the option to replace all the attachments...."

Maybe you won't need to change ALL the snap attachments. If Renzo's technique doesn't do the trick, maybe ONLY some attachments at the forward or stern end need replaced.
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dmattlin
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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 :  00:01:32  Show Profile  Visit dmattlin's Homepage
Try picking up a few strips of nylon straps, cut them in very short lengths. At both ends attach snaps. You just made extensions taylored your prefered length. You can even make another set a little longer which can be used when your spending time on the boat and need a little extra air in the cabin.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 :  08:46:29  Show Profile
That'll do it Dave---a kinda fat octapus
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dmattlin
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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 :  15:21:04  Show Profile  Visit dmattlin's Homepage
Hey... I resemble that remark.. he he he.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 03/23/2007 :  12:20:00  Show Profile
Dave - WOW, that's brilliant and exactly what I'm going to do!
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Trust Me
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Response Posted - 03/24/2007 :  11:37:13  Show Profile
Had the same problem and found a small bag of leather snap extensions (6?)...each one being about 4 inches in length. When attached to the pop top cover they made up the shortage.
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