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Old 10-28-2020, 03:19 PM   #6
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Particularly if you are making a storage cover, it can be a great place to start and learn how to make canvas projects. Because it doesn’t have to be perfect just cover the boat when you aren’t there. It will be large but that shouldn’t stop you or intimidate you. Just make it in sections and then sew the sections together or use zippers to join them. Zippers make it easier to handle smaller sections. We used to have a complete cover down to the waterline almost for a 29’ Chaparral. It was a huge piece of canvas. At our age now we probably couldn’t handle it so I would do smaller pieces and zip them together. We have a Sailrite 111 which is no longer made but we have the upgraded motor and it will single stitch through 8 layers of Sunbrella. I calculate that we have literally saved over 10 times what the machine and everything cost us.
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