Ameritex Fabric Systems has revealed a great new product for pontoon owners: a pair of towable snapless pontoon boat covers.
Don Zirkelbach, president of Ameritex Fabric Systems, extols the virtues of their product. “Boaters hate snaps,” said Zirkelbach. “Our snapless technology takes the pain out of attaching boat covers. Not only are these systems easy and fast to install, they provide a tight fit that won’t work loose, even when trailering the boat at highway speeds.”
The SureSeal playpen cover uses an elastomeric rubber extrusion which is impervious to heat and cold and fits into the horizontal groove running along the underside of the boat’s railing. Installation is as easy as pressing the insert into the groove, and removing it is achieved by pulling the tabs to break the seal. The cover is watertight and does not come loose in the wind.
Ameritex is also introducing a four-point attachment and ratchet tension system for its playpen cover. It’s installed by attaching four corner points to the deck and ratcheting the line tight.
“At Ameritex we’re committed to a strategy of continuous innovation with new patented technologies,” said Mike Oathout, vice president, sales and marketing of Taylor Made Systems, Ameritex’s parent company. “We’re putting a special focus on the booming pontoon and deck boat sector. Our new expanded Ameritex facility in Indiana gives us a full engineering and manufacturing center close to the large number of pontoon builders in the Midwest, enabling our engineers to work closely with them to develop and support new products like these new snapless cover systems.”
