Marine Zippers - Zipper Repair for Your Boat

If you’re an avid boater, then you know that boats have zippers everywhere. You’ll find zippers on the bridge enclosure, the boat cover, seat cushions, life jackets, and even non-boat-specific items like duffel and gear bags or your fishing vest. It’s a pain to have a zipper break on a gear bag or vest, but it’s a shot in your wallet to have your zipper fail on something big like a boat cover. You’re talking feet and feet of zipper length to replace, for roughly the cost of an arm and a leg. Luckily, we’ve got you covered, both your boat and your wallet, with the SBS zipper®.

SBS zipper® is a replacement zipper slider that fixes a broken zipper without tools or sewing. That means if a zipper breaks when you’re out on the water, you can just pull out your spare SBS zipper® and have an easy marine zipper repair in a few seconds. Not too long ago, a guy brought his sail cover into our office trying to find an alternative to paying a seamstress hundreds of dollars to replace the 30-foot-long zipper. Within a few seconds, and for under $10, he had the SBS zipper® installed on the sail cover and the zipper working again like new.

How does it work?
The SBS zipper® is a replacement zipper slider (the little box you pull up and down on the zipper teeth to open or close a zipper). Whether the teeth on your zipper are separating and won’t stay closed, the zipper is jammed, or the slider breaks or falls off, the SBS zipper® can fix it. Check out this video to see how it works on a bridge enclosure:

What size marine zipper should I use?
A size large is the common size for boat covers, bridge enclosures, and life jackets. You’d want to use a medium for a jacket or duffel bag, and seat cushions would use a size small. It’s always handy to have extra SBS zipper® replacement zipper sliders with you, so we’d recommend picking up a three-pack, which comes with one of each size. You can also check out our sizing guide if you need help figuring out what size to order.

Will the SBS zipper® rust in salt water?
No! It’s made of zinc and stainless steel and is completely non-corrosive. The SBS zipper® is popular in the diving industry because of how well it works on wetsuit zippers, and there’s no risk of it ever rusting. The boating industry is catching wind of the SBS zipper®, too. Check out the write-up we got in Great Lakes Boating Magazine (page 51).

Where can I get a marine zipper?
We have a full selection in our online store, or you can visit one of our retailers.

If you have any questions, feel free to call or email us using the Contact page, or hit us up on Facebook or Twitter. Now get out there and enjoy the rest of the summer on the water without worrying about your boat’s zippers, or about your wallet.

Jonathan