Romeo,
I gave up on covering with my mesh. During the winter with the snow-sun-melt-freeze-snow cycles I would wind up with the cover frozen in a block of ice with the springs stretched. Even tried trcuk inner tubes one year. Just gave up. I keep the pool as clean as possible as late as possible and open early as possible in the spring. I think you may be in the same climate latitude as me so you may have the same problems. I'm in northeast, PA. Other pools in my area are covered and I guess they just ignore this problem. I think it bothered me because I like to open early and didn't want to wait for the ice to thaw and release my cover.
Al