T&T: Aqua-texII

[Peter Gelinas]

Do you have any recommendations on 'industrial' double sided fabrics that you
consider better than Weblon or Aqua-texII ?   Manufacturer and webpage?

Peter


> To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com
> From: bob at doylecaribbean.com
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:57:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: T&T: Aqua-texII
>
> < I highly recommend Weblon
> Regatta,>
>
> Marine vinyl like Weblon Regatta, is a laminated vinyl, where the
> layers of PVC are very thin. These fabrics don't last five years
> here in the Caribbean. Much better and longer lasting vinyl are
> those that are coated, not laminated, having much thicker layers of PVC.
>
> In my own marine canvas business, where we service the top end of the
> charter industry, I try not to use any "marine" fabrics if I can help
> it as they have much shorter lives than those used in the trucking
> industry. The marine fabric industry is an infinitesimal grain of
> sand on the beach of industrial fabrics and the end users in the
> industrial world wouldn't dream of putting up with the short life
> fabrics that boaters do.
>
> My personal favorite is what is used for the soft sides of
> containers, millions of miles a year at highway speeds in all weather
> conditions is a much better proving ground than sitting in a marina.
> I am not trolling for business here and won't do anything long
> distance, but if you want to see what the top end can look like go
> to: www.doylecaribbean.com , custom canvas, and click on the pictures
> for more detail. We routinely do projects where frame and canvas is
> well north of $25K and these owners and captains would never settle
> for "marine" fabrics. Using the fabrics of my choice I am very
> comfortable giving a ten year warranty for our products, regardless
> of how many miles they travel. Most of my customers are here in the
> winter, Med, New England or Indian Ocean in the summer, transiting
> back and forth on their own bottoms; they need dependable, trouble
> free canvas, which I can provide, but not with marine fabrics.
>
> Bob Phillips,
> Another Asylum, Tortola, BVI
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