New for 2013, Boat Covers Direct ® is including a tie down kit and a storage bag free with every Carver boat cover purchase. If you want to trailer with your Poly-Guard ® , Sun-DURA ® , or Sunbrella ® /Outdura ® cover, you must have a tie down kit. If you try to travel, even a short distance, with bungees, you’ll find that your boat cover flaps violently in the wind. Over time, this can lead to stretching or even ripping of your boat cover. Tie down kits are necessary for trailering because they do not stretch. Your boat cover order will include a kit of 12 polypropylene straps with buckles, kind of like the ones that you see on a life jacket. Even if you don’t trailer your boat, it’s much easier to snap a strap to tie a cover down than to have to tie and retie rope every time you store your boat. We added a free storage bag to sweeten the deal, to make it easier to store your cover when you’re not using it. more