Acrylic Reinforced Spar Cover

Like many sailors, after a long day at a multi day regatta, I pull my battens out and roll my sail around my mast, and roll the vang and downhaul around the mast, and lay it on the boat, throw the cover on, and go home. Often times you'll come back the next day to foggy conditions, and everything covered with dew, and the exposed part of you mast, sail, and lines are pretty wet. This can get annoying 4 days into a regatta.

Thankfully this mast cover solves that. This cover was inspired by North American Masters Champ Mark Bear, and he really had the right idea. Just unzip the reinforced end, and slide your mast and sail in, and zip it back up. It also has a nice batten pocket so you always know where they are. It's also nice that the ends have red streamers on both ends, and reflective piping on the mast tip, so you'll always see it, and hopefully never bump into it. And it has enough room in it to leave your vang and downhaul rigged on the mast, so thats less time spent re-rigging the next day.

I felt that the cover could have had a full zipper and double zippers, so you could just lay your mast into it, and zip from each end. But it works perfectly as it is. It also concerned me at the point where it tapers, it seemed to be stressed a bit, and was under a bit of tension. I don't exactly understand the style of the taper, but it must be there and like that for a reason. Maybe if the cover was half an inch, or an inch longer on each end, this wouldn't be an issue. Or I'm probably just being paranoid about design like usual.

Aside from those two personal, and minor complaints, this cover is up to Intensity standards, and the quality is amazing. I look forward to using this, and seeing how it lasts. Nothing but the best, I would highly recommend it.