March 2011

  • Published On: March 29, 2011

    The Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) announced the 2011 Membership Scholarship award in the amount of $2,000. This scholarship provides tuition expenses at an accredited college, university or technical school. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of academic achievement, community service, financial need and interest in a future career in the specialty fabrics industry. To [...]

  • Published On: March 23, 2011

    Representatives Candice Miller (R-Mich.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) will serve as co-chairs for the Congressional Boating Caucus in the 112th Congress. The Congressional Boating Caucus is an informal, bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Representatives formed by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) in 1989 to advocate for the interests of the recreational boating industry. [...]

  • Published On: March 16, 2011

    Top Value Fabrics, a supplier of industrial and recreational fabrics, has achieved full operational status for its new distribution center in Indianapolis, Ind. “The 45,000 square-foot facility provides the needed space to continue to stock the fabrics we need to meet the growing demand from our customers in areas such as print media, CPSIA compliant [...]

  • Published On: March 9, 2011

    From performance fabrics to stainless steel fittings, and from awning components to complete shade systems, the new catalog from Tri Vantage® offers everything needed for awning, marine and furniture applications. Within its 500 pages, the new catalog from the nation’s largest awning, marine and furniture fabrics distributor contains more than 12,500 different items. The new [...]

  • Published On: March 2, 2011

    Continuing a trend from the previous two months, January saw slightly improved sales for the boat segments tracked by Info-Link Technologies Inc.’s Bellwether Report, though on the whole sales are still down. Losses tracked by the group hit their worst point of the recession in the summer of 2009, rallied to a high point last [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2011

    Outstanding Achievement Award | Seacanvas | Egg Harbor Township, N.J. For this project, which won a 2011 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the full exterior canvas powerboat 27 feet and up category, we fabricated a complete enclosure for the aft deck and bridge deck on a 46' Carver motor yacht. Project data Designer: Carl Pellegrini [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2011

    Outstanding Achievement Award | Riverside Covers | Fort Myers, Fla. For this project, which won a 2011 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the full exterior canvas powerboat 27 feet and up category, we fabricated and installed two new bridge biminis and a clear vinyl enclosure. The tops fastened to the existing frame with zippered pockets [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2011

    Outstanding Achievement Award | Seacanvas | Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The goal of this project, which won a 2011 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the full exterior canvas powerboat under 27 feet category, was to recreate an enclosure using soft .040 press polished sheet vinyl and .080 EZ2CY acrylic window material. We installed common sense [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2011

    Outstanding Achievement Award | Mike’s Marine Custom Canvas | Virginia Beach, Va. This project, which won a 2011 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the full exterior canvas sailboat 27 feet and up category, involved complete coverage to the aft cockpit of the sailboat. The client wanted a cover for cruising anywhere that would work while [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2011

    Outstanding Achievement Award | Canvas by Victoria | Worton, Md. This project, which won a 2011 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the full exterior canvas sailboat 27 feet and up category, required a complete redesign to new specifications. The owner wanted to stand under the new dodger and remove the front windows, but keep the [...]