Nylon Cockpit Cover

The budget cover, and honest about it. A nylon cockpit cover keeps rain, leaves and insects out of a stored kayak for a fraction of what the heavy covers cost.

What a Nylon Cockpit Cover Gives Up

One thing, and it matters: there is no hull strap.

The heavier Cockpit Seal and Cockpit Seal ULTRA have a strap and tether that tie the cover to the boat. That is what keeps a cover on at highway speed and in a stiff wind. This one grips the coaming with an adjustable bungee and nothing else.

So: excellent for a boat stored in a garage, under a carport, on a backyard rack or in a shed. Not the cover to put on before a two-hour drive with the boat on the roof. For that, buy up.

What a Nylon Cockpit Cover Does Well

A cockpit sitting open under a tree fills with leaves, pine needles and rainwater, and wasps genuinely do build nests in kayaks over a Florida summer. A nylon cockpit cover stops all of it for very little money.

It also keeps the sun off your seat, backband and foam outfitting, which are the parts of a stored boat that actually degrade.

Sizing

Sizes 1.2 through 7.0, plus custom. These are Seals' own pattern numbers rather than measurements, so you cannot work yours out with a tape. Tell us your kayak's make and model and we will look it up against Seals' chart.

Material

Medium-weight coated nylon packcloth, double-stitched seams, tether hook, adjustable bungee rim attachment.

Not for Paddling

Like every cover here: storage and transport only, no release system. A cockpit cover is not a sprayskirt and cannot be used as one.

Details

• Seals nylon cockpit cover

• Medium-weight coated nylon packcloth

• Adjustable bungee rim attachment, tether hook

• Double-stitched seams

• No hull strap — best for stored boats, not highway transport

• Sizes 1.2–7.0 and custom

At our Clearwater shop.