West and other marine stores have little snap extenders that can help out.
It's a little piece of leather or vinyl with a male snap on one end and a
female on the other.


"Jim Pratt" wrote in message
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Is it possible to apply some type of product to soften up my boat covers
in
order to snap-on them on easier? My cover sections have shrunk and are
very
difficult to stretch into place in order to snap on. (Some sections have
windows - and all look like a canvas weave material underneath, and a
white
smooth naugahide looking finish on the outside. Not sure what this stuff
is
called). The covers are actually in pretty good shape for a 1980 Sylvan
Sportster IO. I suspect the previous owner hardly ever used them. I need
to.
I can't locate anythone on the web making exact replacements from a
pattern
that old, without having to send in the originals.

Thanks much!
Jim