I always tow any long distance with the trailering cover. The one time I decided not to use the cover, because the carpet was wet and I wanted it to dry out, my rear bench seat, snap on cushion flew out, but lucky for me a buddy was following behind me and saw it come out and stopped to pick it up. I have not had any chafing/marking issues. The tag on the cover says to remove the support system for towing and put it back under when not. This presents a problem. Due to the huge downforce I understand why they don't want you to use the supports while towing, but if you got somewhere and forgot to put the support system in and it rained you'd have a boat full of water, which is part of the reason you put a cover on it in the first place. Soooooooo, I think after this last trip I've worked out a compromise that works well. I leave the bow support poll in the down postion and the cockpit area poll in the up, this way water can't pool on the cover (the rear poll provides enough tenting action for the entire cover) but the downforce on the cover (majority or all of this is on the bow area) while towing, doesn't stretch/ruin the cover.

