My previous boat I used a 'storage' cover. On the 1995 245 sundowner we had, after a few winter seasons, I noticed that the cover was scratching the gel coat. Dust gets under/into the frabric and acts like sand paper. Also the fabric covers only last so long before they rot and need to be replaced (5-7) years for winters around here. Covers I had purchased were in the $700 price range, marine grade canvas.
So for our current boat, I decided to have it shrink wrapped each winter (new cover each season), I hope this will eliminate the dirt in the fabric scratching the gel coat. The cost is $250 to have it done. I little more costly vs canvas cover, but I like that snow just slides right off I never have to go out and brush it off, where the snow sticks to the canvas and I always had to clean it off each storm. One other thing I hated was removing and putting back on a huge storage cover on our 24' cuddy, I know I would really hate it on this vista being that much taller.
Just food for thought, good luck with whatever you do.
Happy boating.
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2000 248 5.7L DP
'92, '94 SXI 750, '08 STX 15F, '12 Ultra LX 300
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