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2020 MFA FABRICATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS
TRAVEL/FULL COVERS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Marine Tops Unlimited

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Sewlong Custom Covers

Center Console Full Travel Cover

Centurion Tower Down Cinch Cover

Designer: Kyle Van Damme

Designer, Fabricator and

Project Manager: Carl Van Damme

Installer: Clint Halladay

Materials: Softtouch by Marlen Textiles

Materials: Top Notch® by

Project Description: This customer

Marlen Textiles

regularly trailers his new center

Project Description: This tower

console from the Midwest to Florida

down cinch cover was designed for

and was looking for a cover that

trailering and light storage. It allowed

could be put on the boat for travel

the client to trailer the boat with the

purposes to protect it and keep it

tower in the downward position and

clean. The cover had to be durable

also to store the boat with the cover

enough to hold up to a lot of

on with the tower in the downward

highway trailering and not scratch or

position. The towboat industry is

Lake Shore Boat Top Co. Inc.

rub on any surfaces of the boat. The

constantly evolving and changing

390 MTI Off Shore-"Silver Bullet"

black Softtouch protected the boat

tower designs year after year to

Designer: Rob Kotowski

from the elements and provided a

make the towers easier to fold for

Fabricators: Rob Kotowski, Gregory Phillips

soft layer to prevent the cover from

clearance in garages, bridges and

Project Manager: Rob Kotowski

wearing on any components of

for transport. This cinch cover allows

Installers: Rob Kotowski, Renee Pruett

®

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

the boat. Fabric was also attached

the boater to put the tower down

®

to the areas of the trailering

and cover it while transporting the

®

straps where they could possibly

boat. Canvex® was used to pattern

Stamoid by Serge Ferrari North America Inc.

rub against any parts of the hull.

the boat, PhotoModeler to digitize

Project Description: This project involved

Designing and fabricating a cover

the pattern, Rhino CAD to prepare

creating a cockpit cover to protect this

that will be used frequently and at

the pattern for production and a

stunning 390 MTI while in rack storage. The

highway speeds means ensuring

ProSail plotter to output the pattern

customer wanted the cover to have a sleek,

the longevity of the cover, protecting

to the fabric. The ﬁnal result was a

stylish look that would be the envy of all when

the boat from the elements, and

nice, form-ﬁtting cover to be used

it was pulled out of the water or sitting in its

ensuring that the cover itself won't

while traveling to and from the lake.

slip at the dock. The cover needed to match

cause damage to the ﬁberglass and

the stylish paint job while also protecting

other components of the boat. The

the upholstery from dirt and the possibility

customer really loved the ﬁnal result

of oil dripping from other boats while in

and followed up with a request for a

storage. The complex part of this project

low-proﬁle design solution to cover

was that after completing the Sunbrella

the hard top for trailering as well.

Materials: Sunbrella by Glen Raven Custom
Fabrics LLC, SolarFix thread by Solar Fix,
®

Concord cover, the windshield was marked
to sew in pieces of Silver Stamoid. Trying to
get the mock-up windshield inserts to lie
perfectly and be at just the right location

Sewlong Custom Covers
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.sewlong.com

Marine Tops Unlimited
Omro, Wis.
www.marinetops.com

was a difﬁcult task given the shaping darts
running up the center of the windshield. The
ﬁnal result was a slick new cockpit cover
that blended with every aspect of the boat.
The ﬂawless design, down to the ﬁtted inlaid
windshield, made this a top-notch project.

Lake Shore Boat Top Co. Inc.
St. Clair Shores, Mich.
www.lakeshoreboattop.com
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