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These sundeck sun shades and rigging
were one of the first large shade projects
completed by Canvas Designers® in 2009
on the 171' Benetti Yacht "Quantum of
Solace." Photo: Canvas Designers Inc.

In California, where they don't have
a bug problem and precipitation isn't
as frequent, "it's always about having
shade," Carman says. In 2019, clients
asked Carman to create a temporary
shade structure for their Viking 80, which
they take to Mexico for extended fishing
trips each year.They expected to put it up
and take it down frequently, so it needed
to be lightweight and easy to handle.
Carman chose WeatherMAX® 3D for the
15-by-15-foot shade structure. "I used a
scale ruler and sketched the area, right
down to the attachment points and the
space between," she says.
She sketched a seam pattern that
would land each seam perfectly between
tension points, knowing she would
have more stretch on the bias and more
strength folding each edge twice. She

stretched the seams as she sewed them
to prevent the polytetra fluoroethylene
(PTFE) thread from breaking. "I put
the shade up and was surprised to see
the seams and tension points created
a beautiful framework," she says.
"Starting at 20 feet high, the shade came
down to 7 feet at the bottom, and the
seams started narrow and flared out to
create the exact aesthetic appeal I had
hoped for."
Integrated design
For some fabricators, the question of
whether to use design software depends
largely on how unusual the project
is. Canvas Designers' fabricators use
traditional plastic pattern materials and
then draw the curvatures on the edges
using a rule of ½ inch in at center per

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