I have made several. I used both Jacobsen's and Bill Mason's books as
guides. Velcro does not work. I have used Stainless Steel snaps successfully
and have seen canoes with loops protruding through the hull as effective
also. I like a single piece with kayak style cockpits. Make sure you build
in a lot of slack for stretch/shrink. Nylon can stretch up to 30% when wet.
This means that your 3' foot wide cover can be 10" short after its first
wet/dry cycle. Hence the popularity of loops as attachments.

I also have paddled the Nahanni from the Moose Ponds and would consider a
cover a necessity. You might want to see if you can find a copy of my video,
"Nahanni - Canada's Gift to the World," at your local library.

Sincerely,
Carey Robson
www.CanoeBC.ca

"Richard Ferguson" wrote in message
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We are headed up to paddle the Nahanni River in Canada's Northwest
Territories. The sources that I have found are consistent in
recommending a spray cover for the canoes on the Nahanni.

The boat belongs to my partner, but she doesn't want to spend the money
for a commercial spray cover, so I was going to make one.

Jacobsen in his book, Expedition Canoing, has plans for spray covers,
including a couple of variations. I was going to follow his
instructions, with some minor variations.

The issue at hand is how to fasten the spray cover to the canoe. As far
as I can tell, most of the commercial spray covers use snaps. Jacobsen
says snaps. However, a friend of my partner has told her that snaps are
awful and should be avoided.

Anyone with experience with canoe spray covers? How was your cover
attached to your boat? How did it work out? Anything else I should know?

Richard



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