Tips and techniques from a veteran fabricator for flawless track-to-track enclosures. When using track-to-track installation for enclosures, step-by-step instructions are helpful to achieve a proper fit, which creates a high-quality-looking job. Utilizing a track-to-track technique is necessary for today’s marine fabricator. A standard “snap” enclosure may take away from the look of today’s beautiful, sleek [...]

Glen Raven’s Sunbrella Yachting Collection of furniture weight fabrics is specifically designed for marine interiors and other fabric applications for powerboat owners and sailors. The line features yarn colors and textures that produce fabrics with a sophisticated style and a classic marine look and feel. The Yachting Collection is collaborated with OEMs, marine fabricators and [...]

Great Lakes Fabrics distributes Leopard, a custom printed marine-grade vinyl with a hair-like texture embossed on the surface. This vinyl is ideal for marine, snowmobile, commercial and residential applications. It’s scratch resistant to 30,000 rubs with #8 duck, is cold-crack rated at minus 25 degrees, and meets flammability specifications. Colors include black/white and brow/tan. SOURCE [...]

E-Z Snap Zipper and Snap Lube from Iosso Products is a thick gel that is meant to keep zippers and snaps used on bimini tops, boat covers, windshields and other marine items working with ease. The user applies a dab inside the head of a metal snap, or a few dabs along the length of [...]

Vicar International Sun & Sea vinyl laminate resists mildew and UV rays, and can be used for installations in sunny, humid climates, including golf cart enclosures and boat covers. Available in 15 colors, the matte-embossed PVC vinyl is heat sealable, flame retardant and laminated with a 100-percent polyester scrim insert. SOURCE Vicar International

Compiled by Juli Case Question: We want to make a banner for an upcoming boat show and are in need of some professional-quality boat photos. Do you know where we can get some? Answer: The ideal scenario would be to have a professional photographer take photos of your company’s work, but that’s not always practical. [...]

Xtreme Seal Ultra Seal has a wide, flat profile with turned-down front and rear edges for flatter finished edge seals, and is designed for use with Common Sense fasteners. New V-Seal has a smaller “V” design for a basic smart seal at openings, and around vertical poles, radar arches and cutouts in marine fabrication applications. [...]

Glen Raven Custom Fabrics is testing six new Sunbrella solid marine colors during marine trade shows, and with customers. The six new colors include copper, butter cream, air, corn silk, palm and eggshell. Boat hull colors and consumer trends inspired the new colors. Anderson Hicks, marine and awning fabric designer, and Derek Robinson, marine market [...]

Punch from Omnova Solutions is the newest Nautolex marine exterior design featuring an embossed “punched” pattern and knit backing. It is ideal for designers who want to add subtle visual interest to the trim without adding another color. Punch is protected by Omnova’s PreFixx finish, and is durable, versatile, and UV and mildew resistant. Applications [...]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has set the last two buoys in the U.S. tsunami warning system. The network of 39 stations allows faster and more accurate tsunami warnings between coastal communities in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Since the Indonesian tsunami of 2004, the NOAA expanded the network [...]