Marine Fabricator September/October 2021 - 18

"
IT'S ALL ABOUT
ENGINEERING.
YOU HAVE TO BE
WILLING TO DO
THE MATH AND
THE 3D CAD TO GET
A SUCCESSFUL
DESIGN.
Math matters
" It's all about engineering, " Poe says.
" You have to be willing to do the math
and the 3D CAD to get a successful
design. If there's more than three or
four points, you have to be able to do
math on your own and dive into it. I've
been doing this for so long I know how
to tackle it, but I probably wouldn't be
doing it without the digital tools. "
Doing shade sails on land naturally
leads to shade sails on boats and vice
versa, Poe says, although most of
Wyckam's work so far has been for the
largest of boats.
Industry jargon can be inconsistent,
by the way. On small boats, shade sails
can often be called an aft awning or an
aft fl y. " But I call them shade sails if they
are shade sails, attached at corners and
tensioned up, " Poe says.
The shade sails on yachts are like
shade sails on land, with large posts,
the difference being the use of stainless
steel instead of steel for the posts.
Smaller boats may use carbon fiber
to save weight, with a telescoping
confi guration so the poles can be stashed
in rod holders or other out-of-the-way
locations when not in use.
18 Marine Fabricator | September/October 2021
ABOVE: Doing shade sails on land naturally
leads to shade sails on boats and vice
versa, says Wyckam owner Amy Poe.
She says the shade sails on yachts are
like shade sails on land, with large posts,
the difference being the use of stainless
steel instead of steel for the posts.
Photo: Wyckam Fabric Creations.
LEFT: Tension is really the key in shade sails,
says Wyckam owner Amy Poe: " People
will just string them up here and there
and sort of let them sway in the wind.
I personally don't call that a shade sail. To
me, [a shade sail is] something tensioned
out at its corners rather than just hanging. "
Photo: Wyckam Fabric Creations.
Poe says the biggest difference between
shade sails on land and at sea is " on land
we try to make them not so two-dimensional;
we try to give them shape. On
boats, they are more likely to look fl at,
like an awning. "
Jeff Moravec is a freelance writer
based in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
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www.marinefabricatormag.com
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