Good Cover Solutions for Teak protection from sun while boat in water

[Ksailboat Owner]

Fellow Sailors,
I own an O'Day 272 that sits in the water all year long in GA, and have to continually treat the high amount of teak wood on my deck and coach roof. I would greatly like to find a good(easy and presentable) and affordable covering solution that will allow me to keep the sun off my teak wood to save the integrity, and not cover with a plastic tarp.
-Do you have any viable solutions ? If so, please provide your thoughts and possible some pictures.
-Thank you very much!

 

[SFS]

Can you sew? If so, make sunbrella covers. If not, have a canvas shop come out and give you an estimate.

Sailrite has a lot of good videos:

http://www.sailrite.com/How-to-Make-Boat-Grab-Rail-Covers-Video

You can also search this site for threads, this has been discussed before:
http://forums.sailboatowners.com/in...-covers-there-must-be-a-better-option.150868/

 

[jeepbluetj]

What SFS said - the typical solution is sunbrella covers.

 

[agprice22]

It is called Plasteak!

I think unless you are gonna sew some covers, you will be seved by replacing the teak...

 

[Charlie Jones s/v Tehani]

Sunbrella covers. Here in South Texas, varnish will last only a few weeks without cover. I have them on handrails, tiller, compass box, etc

You can see on this pic

 

[dlochner]

Right here on SBO: http://shop.sailboatowners.com/cu/detail-grabrail.php