Learn how to measure, cut and sew a fitted boat cover that hugs your boat, sheds the rain and stays put in a blow. Clear steps, simple diagrams, metric and imperial.

Make a Cover That Actually Fits

Whether you’re doing your own boat up or you want to start making covers for customers, this ebook takes you through it step by step, in bite size chunks.

We’ve been teaching this for over 24 years, and the same thing comes up every time... a loose cover flaps, and flapping is what wears a cover out. Get the fit right and your cover lasts years longer. This guide shows you how.

What’s inside

• How to measure your boat properly, station by station, so the cover fits first time

• How to plan your panels and where to put your seams so the water runs off, not through

• Cutting and joining panels with a top stitch (flat-felled) seam

• Shaping with darts for a tight fit at the bow, the transom corners and round the windscreen

• Hems, drawcords and tie-downs, for boats on a trailer and on a mooring

• Chafe patches, vents and boots for anything that sticks up

• Fitting, finishing and looking after your cover

• A quick reference page with all the key numbers. Print it and keep it by the machine!

Also included

• 10 easy-to-follow chapters

• Clear diagrams showing measuring, panel layout, darts and hems

• Every measurement in metric and imperial

• An “In short” summary at the end of each chapter, so you can find the key points fast

• Written around Top Notch Elite fabric and Amann Outdoor Pro thread, the materials we use on every cover

You do not need to know everything before you start. This guide gives you clear explanations and honest guidance, so you can stop trying to work everything out alone.

Instant download. Read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print it out for the workshop.