Fairclough: Top Quality, Top Price
Contact Fairclough Sailmakers, 620 Ella T. Grasso Blvd., New Haven, CT. Phone: 203-787-2322 I bought one last year for my h40.5 and it is second to none in quality and fit. They build a custom steel tubing frame and the cover is a light green cotton canvas. The boat looks like it's in a cocoon when it's covered. The cover can be made to fit with mast in or out, boat on land or in the water. The effort to install (They do it the first year) is 2-3 people, 6-7 hours. This includes the learning curve the first year. The cover fits right down to about 6 inches above the water line so that the topsides are completely protected. The cover is high enough that you can walk around inside of it. The dodger can be left in place as well as the boom if the mast is left in. You could go inside it on a warmer winter day with a small electric heater and do some work. It's the next best thing to inside storage. The down side: PRICE. We paid $3600 after the 10% discount in early spring. Projected life is 10-14 years for the cover, indefinate life for the frame if properly stored dry. Look at it as protecting your investment. CAUTION: Fairclough will be happy to install, remove, and summer store your cover. They charge about $20/ft for this service. Very expensive for a job that you can probably do yourself, IMO.
