Built with Sunbrella Marine.
The industry standard for offshore sailboat covers, yacht enclosures, and marine upholstery worldwide. There is no better outdoor fabric for protecting your hull.
Designed for canoes that live outdoors.
- Hull-specific patterning Cut to your canoe’s exact make and model from our library of hundreds of patterns. The cover follows your hull’s contours — no excess fabric collecting rain, no gaps letting UV through.
- Buckle and strap closure Quick-release buckles and adjustable webbing straps wrap under the hull to hold the cover in place through wind, rain, and snow load. No zippers to corrode. No elastic to stretch out.
- Reinforced stitching and edge binding All seams sewn with Amann Outdoor Pro thread and finished with heavy-duty, UV-resistant edge binding. Built to hold up under snow load, wind, and years of outdoor exposure.
- Custom color options Choose a solid color, contrasting bow, or contrasting bow and stern. Six Sunbrella Marine colors available: Cadet Grey, Jockey Red, Pacific Blue, Emerald Green, Sunflower Yellow, and Bright Orange.
Your hull versus the elements. Year-round.
UV damage is the single biggest threat to a canoe stored outdoors. It degrades gelcoat, darkens Kevlar, breaks down adhesives, and fades finishes — damage that accumulates steadily until the hull is noticeably aged. Add rain pooling, freeze-thaw cycles, road grit from nearby traffic, tree sap, bird droppings, and pollen, and an unprotected canoe ages measurably every season.
Sunbrella Marine blocks 100% of UV light and sheds rain while breathing to prevent the moisture buildup that breeds mildew. The solution-dyed acrylic fiber holds its color for a decade because the pigment is in the fiber, not on it. A canoe under a Canoe Coat looks and performs the way it did when the cover went on — season after season.
If you own a wood-and-canvas canoe, a boat with wood gunwales, or any hull that lives outdoors between paddles, the Canoe Coat is the cover we build and use ourselves.
About the padding option.
A padded Canoe Coat adds an internal layer of quilted polyester protection against bumps and scrapes on the storage rack — especially useful if your canoe is stored at a club or shared facility where other boats come and go nearby.
When padding makes sense: rack storage in shared or high-traffic areas, boats stored close together, locations where loading and unloading is frequent.
When to skip it: boats stored outdoors through freezing winters. The padding can collect moisture and freeze to the hull surface — removing the cover while frozen risks tearing the padding and potentially damaging the finish. For year-round outdoor storage in cold climates, the unpadded Canoe Coat is the better choice.
Padded covers also require a bit more care: the quilted padding can collect dirt and grit over time, so an occasional rinse keeps the inside clean against your hull.
Two covers. Different jobs.
Both are patterned to your hull. Both use premium materials. The difference is what you need the cover to do.
The Canoe Coat
From $349Sunbrella Marine fabric. Buckle and strap closure. Designed for long-term outdoor storage where UV, rain, and the elements are constant threats.
Your canoe lives outdoors on a rack or under a tree. You have wood gunwales or a wood-and-canvas boat. You need year-round weather protection, not transport coverage.
The Original Cover
From $299Premium Polyester or WeatherMAX 3D stretch-fit fabric. Drawcord closure. Designed for transport at highway speeds and indoor or short-term outdoor storage.
Your canoe travels on a roof rack regularly. You store indoors or under cover. You want one cover for both transport and storage. 45 years of proven protection.
We build from measurements, not from your boat.
Our pattern library covers hundreds of canoe models, but we add new ones regularly. If your canoe isn’t listed in our library, follow the measurement guide and we’ll create a perfect custom pattern for your hull.
For one-off and most out-of-production hulls, a one-time $40 patterning fee covers the additional design work.
More for your canoe.
The Original Canoe Cover
45 years of hull-specific protection, updated with current materials and construction. Transport and storage in one cover.
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