www.iFourWinns.com https://www.smwebhead.com/phpBB3/ |
|
1998 Horizon RS - very hard to find information and acc. https://www.smwebhead.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15381 |
Page 1 of 1 |
Author: | 230 Mike [ Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:00 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1998 Horizon RS - very hard to find information and acc. |
Welcome! For canvas - I don't know what year FW began having all their canvas parts made by Great Lakes Boat Top Co., but it won't cost you anything to call them directly to see if they have patterns for your year/model. I'll warn you, we're talking about some serious sticker shock with that stuff, which may be why it came to you with an aftermarket cover. You can get aftermarket canvas parts that are excellent quality, though you generally get what you pay for. http://www.greatlakesboattop.com/ Looking at your picture, it's really important to get the boat all the way up to the bow roller on the trailer, and keep the winch strap tight, at least while on the road. Lastly, unless you know with certainty that your trailer's wheel bearings have been properly serviced in the last year, you should get that done; with used boats that tends to be one of the things former owners start neglecting first. If you've never done it, it's not hard - just messy. |
Author: | ryankenn [ Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1998 Horizon RS - very hard to find information and acc. |
Thanks for the information! The bearings were done this spring, and we did winch it up after leaving his house. He was the most meticulous kid I've ever met. This boat looks as good as almost every boat we looked at that is 5 - 8 years newer. He did the bearings every year which is great. We kind of hurried the transaction due to weather and I think he just overlooked that winch. I found "National Boat Covers" has a trailering cover for the RS listed, which we will be getting, and locally a canvas company this it would be about $300 to make a new front bow cover, and we'd keep the old rear (its faded but still working. I'm going to contact GreatLakes though just to see. I like how the stock one has the button in the middle for the support post, I assume the original bow cover had a similar setup. |
Author: | ryankenn [ Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1998 Horizon RS - very hard to find information and acc. |
Unfortunately GLC didn't do the tops for this boat. Bummer. |
Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ] |
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |