Michael and Rachel Charlton in their Yorktown, Va.-based shop, Charlton’s Marine Canvas. Having been in business for four years, their projects have won Awards of Excellence, Awards of Achievement and Awards of Distinction in both the 2020 and 2021 MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards contest. Think outside the box. By Mike Charlton At Charlton’s Marine Canvas [...]

Marine fabricators discuss their best forms of defense By Michelle Miron Most businesses have encountered these people at least once: impossible-to-please customers who make life miserable for everyone who has to work with them. Maybe they are disrespectful to you and your employees. Maybe they demand price breaks where none are due. Or perhaps they [...]

We asked marine fabricators to tell us about the “must-have” tools in their shop. The variety and creativity of submissions we received told us what we already knew—fabricators are a resourceful and innovative lot! By Cathy Broberg Hercules 1575 foam cutter with Bosch blade “A good quality foam cutter makes shop life so much easier,” [...]

CYA Canvas LLC Jason Gallowaywww.cyacanvasllc.comWoodbridge, Va. Gloucester Canvas Jarratt Quailwww.gloucestercanvas.comHayes, Va. Hyducks Marine Canvas & UpholsteryJohn Hyduckwww.hyducksmarine.comPhiladelphia, Pa. K1 Marine TrimmingKi-Raphael Sulkowskihttp://k1mt.com.auO’Connor, WA Australia

The first MFA Virtual Series session included an emergency preparedness panel discussion with Chandler Clark, Signature CanvasMakers; Rob Kotowski, Lake Shore Boat Top Co.; Ron Paratore, Trivantage LLC and Darren Arthur, Nautilux Custom Canvas. The three-part Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Virtual Series wrapped up successfully in March with each of the two-hour sessions averaging nearly [...]