New three sided enclosure

[5th Tuition]

If you have read any of my most recent posts, you know my boat was getting new curtains. So many people recommended Jack at Boat Covers, Inc. on Kent Island; that I took the boat over for an estimate.
My boat (22 ft Angler WA with hard top) uses a lot of plastic. I have two big zippered eyes in the front window and a large eye on each side enclosure. When I open the "eyes", it's almost like no enclosure at all. Because of this, I leave all three sides up all year. The wind, weather, and trailering (yes I know I should not trailer with them up) was hard on the factory enclosure. It lasted nine years before the stiching began to degrade, the zippers started to fail, and the plastics started to turn brown and brittle at the edges.

Jack did some modifications for me. We opened the "eyes" up even more; adjusted the front for better visability around the zippers, added more security to areas where stress was added from trailering with the curtains up, and we switched from a vinal plastic to Strataglass for an even more clear visability.

Got the boat back yesterday and I am tickled with the way it turned out. I'm not much for letting others know my business. So I normally would not tell you what I paid for the work. However, I know there are others out there wondering how much it would cost to get a job done similar to mine. Total cost was $2,120. I'm very pleased with the price and the workmanship.

My friend "Lou" took his boat down and is having his 20 ft WA Key West with a soft top done. He is getting a three sided enclosure done for less than $1,000. He doesn't need as much Strataglass, or "eyes" cut and zippered into his work, hense the lower price.

So between the two of us, you can get a decent idea what your boat might cost to get redone.

p.s.
I had a rear curtain that gets very little use (two weeks in December and two weeks in March). The material was in great shape, but the plastics were sticky to the touch and hard to see through. Jack cleaned it up to looking almost brand new. The boat looks like I had new enclosure done all the way around. Takes about a week for all this to be done. Give him a call 410-827-7474.
5th (Marty)