Shade cover assembly

A shade cover assembly adapted to be carried on a tower above the cockpit area of a pleasure boat, said shade cover assembly including a generally opaque cover, a cover fixture adapted to be carried by said tower for containing the cover in a rolled up state when in the retracted position and a frame for tensioning said cover when said cover is withdrawn from said fixture and is extended in a generally horizontal position above the cockpit area, wherein said frame is generally rectilinear and said cover when extended is held at one of its ends by said cover fixture and at its sides and at its opposite end by said frame.