2006-current Pioneer® 197 Venture T-Topless™ Folding T-Tops, Shade Kit, TTopCover, T-Top Curtains, Bimini-Tops and Boat-Covers

Pioneer®: Pioneer® Boats has asked us to stop selling OEM canvas direct online, so please buy through your local dealer. We hope to again be able to sell canvas (free of sales tax) for non-current (out of production) models in the future. We apologize for any inconvenience. We still offer the following canvas for your boat, as well as our T-Topless™ folding T-Top:

Boat Shade Kit (add shade to the front or rear of any boat) starting @ $505,
T-Top Storage Curtains (covers the console, front seat and helm seat or leaning post) starting at $399,
T-Top-Boat-Cover (covers entire boat) starting @ $799.

Carolina Composites®, also known as Pioneer® boats, was started by Roy McSwain and Mike Holmes in 2004. Pioneer designs and builds an attractive, solid and affordable line of fiberglass boats inclduing the newer Bulls Bay® and Avenger® boat model lines. The Pioneer® web site offers their Pioneer® Boat Brochure, as well as a FREE online manual. The Pioneer Owners Club is a great place to meet and share information with other Pioneer® boat owners.

Additional Shade for Pioneer® boats : When its hot you can never have enough shade. Our Boat Shade Kits (starting at $524.00 , SALE PRICE: $487.32 (End of Summer Sale)) extend shade over the cockpit or bow (can even be used like a Spray-Dodger) and can be put up or taken down in minutes.

Folding T-Tops to fit Pioneer® boats: Our T-Topless™ folding T-Top` fits most Pioneer® 175 and 220 Bay Sport bay, 180 and 197 Sportfish center console boats. This top lowers (or removes) in less than 15 minutes to store your boat in your own garage or storage building/shed, potentially saving $1,000's per year in storage costs (or let you pass under a low bridge). The T-Topless™ folding T-Top is made of solid, yet lightweight, 1-inch diameter welded 316 Stainless Steel tubing with Sunbrella® canvas and install in an hour on the Stainless Steel windshield grab rails of Pioneer® center console boats.

Covers for Pioneer® boats : We offer

Custom After-Market Covers for Pioneer® boats : We also offer after-market Carver® Custom-Fit™ Boat Covers (from $239), Styled-To-Fit™Boat Covers (from $229) and LaPortes® Custom Fitted Boat Covers (from $449) and in Sunbrella® marine fabric (the best quality, breathable fabric for covers) as well as some excellent high-quality, but less expensive materials, that are designed as a precise fit using measurements taken from your particular model of outboard motor.

For Center Console boats, we also offer Universal (Not OEM) Center Console (No T-Top) Covers, Leaning Post Seat Covers and Reversible (Flip-Flop) Seat Covers.

A popular solution for boats with T-Tops are our T-Top Console-Storage-Curtains, which completely cover the front cooler seat, entire console and helm seats or leaning post (starting at $484.00 , SALE PRICE: $454.96 (Winter Sale)). This is a nice alternative to the factory OEM console-cover and OEM leaning-post or OEM pedestal-seat-cover, typically costing less than the OEM console-cover alone.

Since Pioneer® did not offer a factory mooring cover for boats with a T-Top, we offer custom-fit, durable TTopCover® Under T-Top Boat-Covers and Carver® Over T-Top Boat-Covers for Pioneer® 175 and 220 Bay Sport, 186 Cape Island, 180, 197 and 222 Sportfish boats with the Factory OEM T-Top or Hard-Top. We have patterned hundreds of boats and T-Tops, so search for your boat or email to see if we have patterned your boat

Pioneer® Boat Resources:

The Pioneer® web-site is at https://PioneerBoats.com
Older, archived copy years of the Pioneer® web-site may possibly be available on the Web.Archive.Org "Way Back" Time Machine, found at Web.Archive.Org Pioneer Archives (this site is a lot of fun, and you can often find original specs, photos and brochures for your boat)
Links to FREE Outboard Motor Manuals and Owners Guides can be found at RNR-Marine.com/Boat-Motor-Transmission-Manuals.shtml

Factory OEM and After-Market Canvas

Our Factory OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) replacement canvas IS NOT "New Old Stock" (NOS) Canvas that has been sitting on the shelf for years.
We make Brand New Canvas Made TO ORDER using the original factory OEM patterns and the following material choices:
Marine Canvas choices (dependent on fabric offered by original boat manufacturer):
- 9.25 ounce (per square yard) 100% Solution Dyed Acrylic marine top fabric is a tough, water repellent (Fluorocarbon coated), UV resistant, color-fast (the acrylic fiber is dyed before the fabric is woven), breathable (will help keep things dry) woven fabric, manufactured by Glen Raven Mills in Anderson, SC, USA. Sunbrella® is available in a wide variety of colors. The name Sunbrella® is synonymous with the finest outdoor fabric in the world. Sunbrella® withstands sun, wind, and rain while remaining beautiful for years and is backed by a 10-year Limited Fabric Warranty. The water repellency of Sunbrella® can be improved by cleaning and applying "303 High Tech Fabric Guard" periodically. Sunbrella® was offered from the Factory for the OEM Canvas we make for most boat manufacturers, including: Sea Ray®, Boston Whaler®, Chaparral®, Sea-Pro®, Rinker®, Larson®, Grady White®, Regal® and many more. RNR-Marine™ offers all "Sunbrella® Marine Top Fabric" colors (boat dealers may only have black), including popular Black, Captain Navy, Marine Blue, Mediterranean Blue Tweed, Pacific Blue, Forest Green, Logo Red, Jockey Red, Dubonnet Tweed, Linen, Linen Tweed, Toast Tweed, Silver, Beige and many more. To insure consistencey and avoid mis-matches, the factory original colors may only be offered for many boat manufcaturers. Colors will appear differently on your monitor than the actual fabric application.
- waterproof Sunbrella®, developed by Haartz® engineers who have expertly waterproofed Sunbrella®, the premier woven acrylic fabric, by undercoating the Sunbrella® fabric with a textured marine grade vinyl. SeaMark® offers the best of both worlds - a beautiful, colorfast fabric with the added durability of vinyl. This "acrylic vinyl" 16 oz./sq.yd. fabric has superior seam and tensile strength, backed by a 5-year manufacturer's warranty, and is available in many Sunbrella® solid and tweed colors. SeaMark® was offered exclusively or as a factory upgrade option for OEM Top Canvas on many Sea Ray®, Boston Whaler®, Formula®, Chaparral®, Rinker® and Regal® convertible, bimini, sunshade and camper tops for example. Not all colors may be available for every canvas product. Colors will appear differently on your monitor than the actual fabric application.
- waterproof PVC coated, polyester reinforced vinyl "Top" fabric is a slick, semi-shiny, durable, non-breathable, 60% higher cost fabric, backed by a 5-year Limited Fabric Warranty. Although Stamoid® is made in a variety of colors, we typically offer only white (Ivory for Grady White®), as used on many yachts.
- Some of our Factory OEM canvas was offered in Recacril® 9 oz./sq.yd. Solution Dyed Acrylic marine fabric manufactured by Recasens® USA. as selected by the boat manufacturer. Recacril® is a 100% solution dyed, 9 ounce (per square yard) acrylic fabric for marine and outdoor use. It has a Flurocarbon/Resin coating to repel water and offer excellent UV resistance and is woven in over 50 solid colors and over 80 stripes, although only a limited selection of solid colors are offered for our marine canvas. In some cases, Recacril® is no longer offered for factory OEM replacement canvas, curtains or covers, and a similar (not exact shade in some cases) color Sunbrella® fabric is used as a replacement.
- (Herculite®) Regatta® vinyl-laminated polyester yacht fabric is slick, semi-shiny, durable, non-breathable, waterproof canvas (~7.5oz per Sq Yd) fabric, backed by a 5-year Limited Fabric Warranty. We offer Weblon® in ANY "Weblon® Yacht Fabric" color: White, Ivory, Black, White-top/Mist-Blue-bottom, White-top/Driftwood(gray)-bottom, White-top/Foam-Green-bottom, Ivory-top/Sand-bottom & Burgundy-top/White-bottom. Not all colors may be available for every canvas product. Colors will appear differently on your monitor than the actual fabric application.
- Some of our Factory OEM canvas is offered in ClimaShield® Plus fabric as offered by the boat manufacturer. ClimaShield® Plus is woven with Dowco®'s Color-Lok® polyester yarn (solution dyed so the fibers that make the threads are individually dyed) to provide superior fade resistance, product longevity and durability. Inclusion of water-resistant anti-microbial coatings make this fabric resistant to the growth of mildew. pigmented vinyl coated (always white vinyl on the inside), 9oz./sq.yd. 2-ply polyester fabric with a 5 year manufacturer's limited warranty, commercially offered in a variety of colors.
- Some of our Factory OEM canvas is available only in the original, white Aqualon® fabric that was offered by the boat manufacturer. Aqualon® is a pigmented vinyl coated (always white vinyl on the inside), 9oz./sq.yd. 2-ply polyester fabric with a 5 year manufacturer's limited warranty, commercially offered in a variety of colors.
- acrylic-coated 100% woven polyester 11.5 ounces (per square yard) fabric (600 denier) is made by MarChem® CFI in New Haven, MO, USA using a proprietary process to coat both the top and bottom, thus allowing the fabric to be completely reversible. Water repellect Top Gun™ fabric is characterized by excellent strength, durability, tear and abrasion resistance, dimensional stability, UV and mildew resistance, and is backed by a 5-year Limited Fabric Warranty. We offer Top Gun™ in very few applications.
- Vinyl ... Some of our aftermarket Tops and Factory OEM canvas are offered in marine grade Vinyl fabric. Proposition 65 is a California law intended to protect consumers in the state of California from exposure to certain chemicals that may be harmful. The law requires that businesses notify Californians prior to sale if a product contains certain chemicals. The law also requires that the manufacturer label the product with a warning. Vinyl often contains the chemical Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) which is on the list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. DINP belongs to a family of chemicals commonly added to plastics to make them flexible (products such as garden hoses, athletic shoes, automobile and marine seating). Exposure occurs through ingestion, inhalation and, to a lesser extent, dermal contact. While such products are perfectly safe to use in their intended manner, the law still requires that we warn Californians of the presence of the chemical.
- RNR-Marine™ recommends cleaning your canvas or cover to maintain its original beauty and increase longevity.
Covers are made of a fabric with a weave that can "breathe" to prevent mold and mildew. Vinyl or vinyl coated fabric, such as Weblon®, Stamoid®, Top Gun® or SeaMark® are not recommended for covers, since the material does not breathe to ventilate the covered space. We offer covers (depending on boat manufacturer) in one or more of the following fabrics:
- Solution Dyed 100% Acrylic 9.5 oz./sq.yd. marine fabric is used for Console-Covers, OEM Seat-Covers, OEM Leaning-Post-Covers, Bow Covers, Cockpit Covers and Mooring Covers. This durable, 9.5 ounce per square yard fabric is colorfast and mildew resistant, and is backed by the Sunbrella® 10-year Limited Fabric Warranty. Sunbrella® is the premium cover fabric in our opinion, since it is tough, breathes and the fabric is woven with solution dyed acrylic fibers, which last longer than polyester and retain colors extremely well. Sunbrella® is made in the US (Anderson, SC) by Glenn Raven Mills®, and is offered for all of our Factory OEM canvas and covers, as well as our Carver® after-market Custom-Fit™, Styled-To-Fit™ Boat Covers and Bimini Tops.
- 100% Solution Dyed 9 oz./sq.yd. Polyester fabric (in Grey, Tan, Navy Blue or Black) is used for TTopCovers® T-Top/Hard-Top Boat Covers and T-Top Center Console Storage Curtains. Top-Notch® Elite® is breathable, reversible, water repellent, UV resistant, dimensionally stable (won't sag or stretch) and mildew resistant. Because the yarn is solution dyed, color fastness is very good. Top-Notch Elite® is backed by a 5-year Limited Fabric Warranty.
- 100% Solution Dyed 8 oz./sq.yd. Polyester fabric (in Navy Blue or Black) is used for T-Top Boat Covers and T-Top Center Console Storage Curtains. Weathermax-80® is 100% solution dyed polyester incorporating UV resistant characteristics for long-term color and strength retention along with excellent breathablity and abrasion resistance. The HydroMAX® finish raises the bar of hydrostatic performance and delivers unsurpassed water repellency, mildew and oil resistance without relying on environmentally unfriendly coating compounds. WeatherMAX® has anti-microbial properties and a minimum UV resistance of 1000 hours but only weighs 8.0 oz. per square yard due to the use of a filament rather than a spun yarn like acrylic fabrics. Excellent for anything from horse blankets to tough outerwear to marine grade tarps. WeatherMAX® is backed by a 5-year Limited Fabric Warranty.
- heavy duty, 600-denier, 7.6oz./sq.yd. solution dyed, marine grade polyester fabric with a 100% polyurethane finish coating with a is used for Carver® Custom-Fit™, Styled-To-Fit™ Trailerable and Over-Top Boat Covers, Universal Seat-Covers and Universal Leaning-Post Covers. 100% Solution Dyed polyester means Sun-DURA® colors are part of the polyester fiber itself, rather than the dye adhering only to the surface of the fibers. 7.6 ounce per square yard marine grade polyester offers superior resistance to harmful UV rays, fading, mildew, tearing and overall wear-and-tear. Carver®'s own unique finish provides exceptional water repellency while maintaining breathability for the health of the boat. Made in USA by Glen Raven Mills® (North Carolina manufacturer of Sunbrella®) for Carver® Industries. Carver® Sun-DURA® is backed by a 7 Year Limited Warranty.
- Black Resilience™ is a proprietary tough, black or white stretchy fabric (like Spandex) with a quadruple coating on the outside to reflect the sun to keep things cool beneath. We use Resilience™ on our T-Top-Storage-Bonnet (1-Year Limited Warranty) and T-Top-Dry-Stack-Covers (3-Year Limited Warranty). This is the same fabric made for the US Government to cover fuel storage tanks in the desert to keep them cool. The Limited Warrnty on these products includes free repair for any damage caused by poor workmanship (excludes abuse).
- Some of our Factory OEM canvas is offered in ClimaShield® Plus fabric as offered by the boat manufacturer. ClimaShield® Plus is woven with Dowco®'s Color-Lok® polyester yarn (solution dyed so the fibers that make the threads are indvidualy dyed) to provide superior fade resistance, product longevity and durability. Inclusion of water-resistant anit-microbial coatings make this fabric resistant to the growth of mildew. pigmented vinyl coated (always white vinyl on the inside), 9oz./sq.yd. 2-ply polyester fabric with a 5 year manufacturer's limited warranty, commercially offered in a variety of colors.
- Poly/Cotton Duck ... 50/50 polyester/cotton "Duck" fabric (from Dutch "doek") is a heavy, plain woven blended fabric offering the advantages of both cotton and polyester fibers blended in one fabric. Cotton is a fully breathable fabric, which helps prevent mold and mildew in your boat. However, as the thickness increases, the breathability decreases. 100% cotton tends to rip and wear out easily, depending on the weave. Cotton canvas is a very durable and abrasion-resistant fabric, but it can be very thick and heavy. Polyester does not breathe, but it is very elastic and therefore tends to be very tear resistant. However, it is not as abrasion-resistant as cotton canvas. Poly/Cotton blend fabrics combine the strengths of the two fibers. Poly/cotton fabric is breathable, tear-resistant, and can be fashioned into abrasion-resistant fabrics, like canvas. We make many older Factory OEM Mooring Covers (to order) in Grey #6 weight (13oz per 36"x22" piece) 50/50 Poly/Cotton Duck fabric.
- Vinyl ... Some of our Factory OEM covers are available in marine grade Vinyl fabric. Proposition 65 is a California law intended to protect consumers in the state of California from exposure to certain chemicals that may be harmful. The law requires that businesses notify Californians prior to sale if a product contains certain chemicals. The law also requires that the manufacturer label the product with a warning. Vinyl often contains the chemical Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) which is on the list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. DINP belongs to a family of chemicals commonly added to plastics to make them flexible (products such as garden hoses, athletic shoes, automobile and marine seating). Exposure occurs through ingestion, inhalation and, to a lesser extent, dermal contact. While such products are perfectly safe to use in their intended manner, the law still requires that we warn Californians of the presence of the chemical.
open weave vinyl covered polyester "Standard Mesh Solids" fabric (very breathable) is used on Gear-Nets and Mesh Windshield-Covers. Although there are a wide variety of Phifertex® colors, most Gear-Nets and Windshield-Covers are Black, Grey or White.
Visors, Connectors, Spray-Shields, Enclosures, Side-Curtains, Aft-Curtains and Gull-Wings are typically made with a combination of canvas (above) and either:
- Flat, extruded 30-mil (0.030" thick, often called "30ga" or "30 gauge") clear, marine grade vinyl (often called "Eisenglass" or "Isinglass") as specified by the boat manufacturer. Proposition 65 is a California law intended to protect consumers in the state of California from exposure to certain chemicals that may be harmful. The law requires that businesses notify Californians prior to sale if a product contains certain chemicals. The law also requires that the manufacturer label the product with a warning. Vinyl often contains the chemical Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) which is on the list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. DINP belongs to a family of chemicals commonly added to plastics to make them flexible (products such as garden hoses, athletic shoes, automobile and marine seating). Exposure occurs through ingestion, inhalation and, to a lesser extent, dermal contact. While such products are perfectly safe to use in their intended manner, the law still requires that we warn Californians of the presence of the chemical.
  
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- premium, flexible Urethane-coated poly-vinyl-chloride (PVC) sheet "glass" (60% higher cost) engineered to be ultra clear and resistant to the damaging effects from the sun's rays, environmental fallout and scratching from handling. It also blocks out the UltraViolet (UV) spectrum of light (90% UVA, 99% UVB, 99% UVC). Read more about Strataglass® advantages. Strataglass® is available in 20-mil (0.020"), 30-mil (aka 30ga = 0.030" thick), 40-mil (0.040") or 60-mil (0.060" = ~1/16") thickness. The 40-mil is available in a clear, light smoke or dark smoke tint, which is a special order (adds another 10% to the cost and 2 more weeks). We recommend 30-mil for fishing boats, since the thicker vinyl is hard to roll up offshore. Yachts may use 40-mil or 60-mil (even more costly) when the vinyl is seldom (if ever) rolled. Strataglass® claims a 5 year life expectancy (care & exposure dependent), but notes that many yacht owners see 10 or more years of use with proper care.
- RNR-Marine™ recommends cleaning and removing all clear-vinyl prior to trailering, to avoid the harmful efects of rocks, bugs and oils on the vinyl!