The Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) held its annual Fabrication Excellence Awards dinner Saturday, Jan. 11 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Honorees received awards in 11 different categories. Fabric Tattoo and IMAR sponsored the awards dinner.

Most categories are awarded one Award of Excellence and one Outstanding Achievement. In some cases, MFA gave two awards for Excellence or Outstanding Achievement, and in one category they only gave an Award of Excellence due to the number of submissions.

The categories and winners are:

• Hybrid Enclosures — Sailboat & Powerboat
  • Award of Excellence: “47-foot Freeman” from Charlton’s Marine Canvas in Yorktown, Va.
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Blue Skies, Gray Top” from Top Stitch Marine Canvas in Middle River, Md.
• Marine Exterior Upholstery
  • Award of Excellence: “Fisherman & Fishes Love Diamonds Also!” from Southern Stitch Canvas & Upholstery LLC, in Gulfport, Miss.
  • Outstanding Achievement: “’Back to the Future Pt. II’: 26-foot Hacker Craft Cockpit Upholstery” from Lake Shore Boat Top Company in St. Clair Shores, Mich.
• Marine Interior Upholstery
  • Award of Excellence: “Restoring Timeless Grandeur” from Canvas Designers in Riviera Beach, Fla.
• Powerboat — Rigid Enclosures
  • Award of Excellence: “(Ocean) Alexander the Great” from Marine Tops Unlimited in Omro, Wis.
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Carver Yachts C52” from Hayden Island Canvas in Portland, Ore.
• Powerboat — Soft Enclosures
  • Award of Excellence: “ZAR Formenti 75” from Bootssattlerei Hallier in Bad Abbach, Germany
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Riviera 51 Flybridge Clear Enclosure” from K1 Marine Trimming in O’Connor, Australia
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Jump Thru Wings” from Mike’s Marine Custom Canvas in Virginia Beach, Va.
• Sailboat Dodgers & Biminis
  • Award of Excellence: “Italia Yachts 12.98” from Bespoke Boat Covers in Nærum, Denmark
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Jeanneau 440” from Signature Canvas Makers LLC in Hampton, Va.
• Sailboat Enclosures
  • Award of Excellence: “Hardtop Wannabe” from Yachtsman’s Canvas in North Wales, Pa.
  • Award of Excellence: “Hunter 336” from Hayden Island Canvas
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Cozy Classic Comfort” from Yachtsman’s Canvas
• Tops & Sunflys
  • Award of Excellence: “Expanding Shade Sail” from SewLong Custom Covers in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Outstanding Achievement: “Re-Cooper-8” from Mike’s Marine Custom Canvas
• Transformations Before & After
  • Award of Excellence: “Tiara” from Hayden Island Canvas
  • Outstanding Achievement: “2005 Sea Ray Sundeck 240” from Boatman Marine Canvas in Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Travel/Full Covers
  • Award of Excellence: “Undercover Donzi” from Marine Tops Unlimited
  • Outstanding Achievement: “ZAR Formenti 75” from Bootssattlerei Hallier
• Uniquely Different
  • Award of Excellence: “Ranger Tub 30 CB” from Hayden Island Canvas
  • Outstanding Achievement: “1928 The Roof is on Fire” from Boatman Marine Canvas

Awards of Distinction winners

The Awards of Distinction were also presented; these two awards honor the absolute best in marine fabrication from the past year.

The Award of Distinction in Upholstery was “Fisherman & Fishes Love Diamonds Also!” from Southern Stitch Canvas & Upholstery LLC and the Award of Distinction in Exterior was “ZAR Formenti 75” from Bootssattlerei Hallier.