Marine canvas
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Marine canvas refers to the field of work concerned with the design and fabrication of functional canvas products (usually custom) for sail and motor boats.
Purpose
These canvas products such as sail covers, winch covers, dodgers and biminis are most often created to protect some part or section of a boat from the weather and/or to create a more comfortable environment for the boat owner.In some instances, these covers are purely created to add to the aesthetics of the motor or sail boat. The design of these covers often requires the craftsman to pattern the object being covered by measurment and/or by creating templates out of disposable paper or plastic that is laid directly on the area or object being patterened. Then marks and cuts are made where the seams and fasteners will be placed and the patterens are cut out, traced onto the fabric, and sewn together according to the pattern.
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