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Wayne.B

June 5th 18 04:46 AM

Stupid Boat Question

June 5th 18 06:55 AM

Stupid Boat Question

On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:46:13 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:00:07 -0400, wrote:

I got my marine vinyl for the seats at JoAnnes Fabrics. Do not know if
nation wide chain.

This stuff may be heavier than the stuff JoAnne sells (18oz). The
stuff on my boat lift cover is 22oz, the stuff they use for heavy duty
trucker tarps. For a reference a silver poly tarp is between 2 and 4
oz.

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The flybridge enclosure on our trawler is made from "trucker tarp"
vinyl. Trucker tarps are constantly subjected to 70+ mph winds so it
seemed likely to have good longevity on a boat. It has already
survived two strong hurricanes and any number of thunder squalls with
no damage. All of the seams are heat welded so it has very little
stitching.
That awning on the new Tiki is 18oz vinyl and all the seams are
chemically welded with that HH-66. Irma didn't do anything to it.
The 22 oz tarp on my lift was doing fine until that bamboo started
beating on it. It didn't tear but the bamboo beat a hole in it,
smacking it against the center beam under the top.

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