Taylor Made Terrycloth Lounge Seat Cover – Blue Boat Seat Towel Cover

Two things destroy pontoon upholstery: wet swimsuits sitting on it all afternoon, and vinyl that has been baking in Florida sun since ten in the morning. A terrycloth cover deals with both — it absorbs the water before it can work into the seams, and it gives you somewhere to sit that is not 140 degrees.

This is Taylor Made's lounge seat cover in blue, cut for a lounge-style seat rather than a bucket. It goes on and comes off in seconds and goes straight in the wash, which is really the whole argument for it: the cover takes the sunscreen, the fish slime and the spilled drinks so that your actual upholstery does not.

If you are trying to get another few seasons out of vinyl that is still sound, this is the cheapest intervention available. Seam failure on boat seats almost always starts as moisture sitting in a stitch line, and a cover that wicks it away buys real time.

Good to know — straight talk: customer reviews on this cover are mixed. The common complaints are that the terrycloth is thinner than people expect and that the fit can be loose depending on the seat it is going over. We would rather tell you that up front than have you find out. Universal fit in the sense that it is not boat-specific, but it is cut for a lounge seat — send us a photo of your seat and its dimensions and we will tell you honestly whether it will fit before you buy it.