Canopy manufacture under way

The manufacture of our stern deck canopy is underway.   It is being made by Titan Boat Canopies, based in Cambridgeshire.

Steve, the owner of Titan provided us with a very good quote and we subsequently placed our order.   He came to discuss our detailed requirements and to take measurements for the stainless steel frame.   Once the frame was made, they fitted it to the boat.

and then produce a great piece of equipment to take detailed measurements for the manufacture of the canopy.  The simplest description I can give is that it was a computer with and extending wire attached and a pen attached to the end of the wire.

Steve then began to touch the frame in lots of places and as he was doing so, the computer was designing the basis for the canopy cover.

If you look closely, you can see the result in the shot below (unfortunately my shadow is on the screen).

So now, Steve has taken the digitized plan back to his workshop for the production of the canopy to be started.   The next step is to “first fit” the new canopy and make any necessary adjustments before taking bit back to the workshop for final finishing and then fitting it to the boat.

You can see my article on the completion of this project here:

http://wp.me/p8eSsZ-r9