Epoxy supplier MAS Products appointed Composite Systems Integrators (CSI) to represent the company’s product line. CSI headquarters lie in Woodbury, Minn. The company specializes in sales representation and technical support for composite products manufacturers. MAS supplies composite products to manufacturers, yards and dealers. Products include resins, epoxies, hardeners, adhesives and solvent replacements.

In our shop, we fabricate bimini top visors to a finished width of 2 1/2 inches. The actual finished width a particular shop uses does not matter for the purpose of this article. Visors are a relatively basic component in the fabrication of all tops that require the attachment of another top or enclosure panel. [...]

You got the upholstery job on the customer’s boat, and the new material is in the shop. All you have to do now is make the patterns. Before You may be doing a restoration of an older boat, and your customer wants it to look like it did in its glory days. This [...]

Customize widths, eliminate clutter and save money by cutting Velctro strips. Problem Stocking all sizes, colors and styles of Velcro is costly and space prohibitive. Solution Make a simple Velcro slitter to customize 2-inch Velcro to any width. You can easily customize the Velcro into 1/2-inch, 1-inch and 1 1/2-inch strips by placing the razor [...]

SeaCanvas, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. This project, which won a 2010 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the dodger category, helped a three-year-old boat get that all-important dodger that it never had. A traditional dodger design with triangle side windows and roll-up forward window; aft stanchions support the framework. Zippered pockets and an aft zipper on [...]

Custom Marine Canvas, Noank, Conn. This project, which won a 2010 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the full exterior canvas sailboat (27 feet and up) category, involved a new dodger, bimini and connector for a very discerning customer’s boat. We changed the attachment method of the dodger to track from conventional fasteners, and extended coverage [...]

Bennett Custom Canvas Inc., Toronto, Ontario Made with Sunbrella Spruce, 40g window vinyl and Lexan windsheild for a catamaran, the client needed a new enclosure durable and weatherproof enough to cruise the North Channel of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. This enclosure is held down by only four Common Sense turnbuttons; the rest is zippered [...]

Seafarer Canvas, Norwalk, Conn. This project, which won a 2010 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the soft enclosures category, involved the creation of a framework and enclosure. The client did not have any type of enclosure on his boat and requested that we create a classic flybridge enclosure. We were able to produce a clean, [...]

Admiral Marine Canvas, Baltimore, MD. For this project, which won a 2010 MFA Outstanding Achievement Award in the soft enclosures category, we wanted to fabricate an enclosure that would complement, not complicate, the lines of the boat. The forward center Strataglass panel was originally two panels that separated in the middle. I needed this panel [...]

Bristol Upholstery, Chester, Conn. This complete soft enclosure won a 2010 MFA Award of Excellence in the soft enclosures category. Black Seamark combined with 40g Strataglass and the track-to-track method gives this boat the clean, sleek look of the newest boats on the market. Less material and more glass make for the modern look that [...]