Hello!

I'm hoping to upgrade the hook/loop system within the cover for my 08' Outback V. Where the cover wraps around the tower now, each small section (x2 for 3 tower mounting posts) has a rope that has a loop on one end, with a plastic hook on the other. When you put the cover on you snap the hook through a loop to make a continuous rope (sorta) around the entire hull. At the transom there is the standard rope ratchet.

As many with newer boats know, most mooring covers now use 1" nylon webbing with Buckles to go around the tower. SO QUICK & EASY!

Has anyone replaced the older style rope system with the buckles / webbing and a new ratchet?

The webbing and buckles are easy to find, and I'm fairly certain a standard 1" ratchet (hopefully with rubber or nylon to protect the gel coat just in case) would work, but I was hoping to poll the Moomba Forum audience and see if anyone has done this and had problems.

My main concern is using buckles that are not sewn in, and might loosen once you start to really tighten with the ratchet.

I also thought that I could get color coded buckles, so no matter how many "pops" friends have, they can still know which buckle connects to it's mating side.

Thanks Very much! Any help would be great!

-Dan