C'est la Vie is a 1966 Charlie Morgan 34.

Her home port is Everglades City, FL. Our typical cruising area is Southwest Florida, the Florida Keys, the Southeastern Atlantic Seaboard, and the Bahamas. We are C'est la Vie's third owners and purchased her in 2005. We continue to maintain and update this classic vessel. Please post any questions or comments about C'est la Vie or our travels via the comment links below.


Friday, June 18, 2010

back to the machine...

Part of our vision for C'est la Vie's bimini is removable sunbrella section at the stern.  This section will create more shade and weather protection while at anchor.  We started by using ploy-sheeting and painters tape to experiment and create a pattern for the extension...
We then taped the pattern to the floor and began to layout the project on the sunbrella...
The ability to create a large open space in the lodge proved helpful in this stage of the project.  Once the pattern was transferred to the fabric, I headed back to the machine...
We ordered 60" wide fabric in an effort to eliminate seams.  This made the project move along quickly since most of the work was creating hems.  The cut out and velcro flap for the main sheets took a bit more creativity and time.   The basic construction is now complete...
The next step is to take the fabric back to the boat to identify the correct placement of the fasteners and webbing straps used to attach the extension.
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