On windy and drizzly days I am often preoccupied with how nice it would be to have a canoe cover to protect my gear and limit the force of strong breezes. Something light and easy to roll up in the bow and stern while trekking a portage.
Thoughts? Thanks,
Mac

I use to have a Bell Magic with CCS covers. I really liked them when traveling, but REALLY liked them while fishing in the rain.

Pretty much any boat shop that refinishes seats and makes covers for boats could do one for your canoe easily. I talked to one place and they told me just to bring my canoe in and they would make a cover to fit it. They weren't sure on price but they told me around 2 to $300. They would custom fit it for my canoe with a drawstring on the bottom to tighten it on the outside all the way around.

Dan, owner of CCS, makes canoe covers. I do not own one, but I know a few people who do, and they love them. As with anything Dan makes, the quality is other worldly.

Cooke Custom Sewing Canoe Covers

CCS cover on what was my Moccasin, used all the time. easy 50% reduction in wind effects. Hold packs in, kept swamping to a slow motion, little water into the canoe, problem. Just 3 snaps (each end), to undo to remove packs.
Cover on my Advantage, used 1/2 the time. Little improvement in wind, probably due to tumblehome and narrow width between gunnels. Little more work to pull packs out, have rolled it (practice), with same results as Moccasin. Neither are rolled up to portage, just secured end snap on cover, yes the cockpit section is rolled, but that is normal for 90% of the times used.


butthead

CCS is probably the best way to go, but in his book Expidition Canoeing and the most recent edition of that called Canoeing Wild Rivers, Cliff Jacobson has a chapter (#7 in both books) on making your own covers.

If I was going to have a canoe cover made, Dan would be the guy! I had green cover on my first Wenonah and it fit like a glove!