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Fabric 1

Stamoid Open
Producer/Manufacturer: Ferrari S.A.
Primary Use: Main Fabric

Fabric 2

Tuffak Marine 5
Producer/Manufacturer: Plaskolite
Primary Use: Window

Fabric 3

Solarfix PTFE thread
Producer/Manufacturer: Quality Threads and Notions Co.
Primary Use: OTHER

Fabric 4

Costa Track
Producer/Manufacturer: Costa Marine
Primary Use: Hardware/Findings

Design Name
Joshua Davis

Design Company
Hayden Island Cavnas

Fabrication Name
Dustin Morgan, Nick Giorgi, Danny Hintz, Josh Davis

Fabrication Company
Hayden Island Canvas

Installation Name
Dustin Morgan, Danny Hintz, Josh Davis, Nick Giorgi

Installation Company
Hayden Island Canvas

Please describe the project specifications

The client requested a clean looking rigid enclosure that looked minimally intrusive on the bridge of this Carver C52 for year round boat use. They also wanted an easy to clean and strong long lasting white fabric. The client wanted a 2 panel layout at the front, seeing as this is a side helm boat. The client also requested easy ventilation/opening of the front and side panels.

What is unique or complex about the project?

The bracing and curves on the hardtop meant planning very carefully the u-zipper placement on the fore panels, otherwise the curve would have kept them from folding back to the hardtop. The front 2 panels had to be constructed each as 3 pieces of clear first to accomodate this style of u-zipper with the most minimal break in the clear due to the clients insistence on such minimal obstruction to the clear on the forward panels. The side panels hinge up to the hardtop. The track needed to be removable on the metal venturi windshield, for future maintenance/removal. Each hole holding the track was drilled and tapped in the stainless cap rail, filled with an anti-corrosion gel, and then attached with stainless steel 6-32 machine screws. The hardtop also lacked a good drip edge for water flow, and a full length flap around all 3 sides was patterned and sewn to the keder welt to keep water intrusion at the keder/track interface from being a problem. This also allowed easy zip out at the top of each panel.

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