- Installing Awning Track – 0:56 min.
- Attaching Zipper to Awning Rope – 13:52 min.
- Patterning Sides – 22:01 min.
- Making Facing Strips – 29:25 min.
- Sewing on Facing – 32:33 min.
- Sewing Binding – 38:41 min.
- Sewing Zippers – 40:16 min.
- Installing Snaps – 45:39 min.
- Patterning Aft Curtain – 48:16 min.
- Making & Sewing Facing – 56:47 min.
- Sewing Binding – 1:02:32 min.
- Sewing Door Zipper – 1:03:40 min.
- Installing Remaining Facing – 1:06:52 min.
- Sewing Zippers Top & Sides – 1:11:46 min.
- Installing Shock Cord Cover Clips – 1:14:38 min.
- Making Roll Up Strap – 1:16:50 min.
- Materials List – 1:22:01 min.
- Tex 90 Polyester or Lifetime (PTFE) Thread – we used PremoBond® Tex 90 (V-92) White UV Bonded Polyester Thread 4 oz. (1,350 yds.), #123337
- Flex-a-Rail White 90" Long – #103355
- Marine Grade Fabric – we used Sunbrella® Marine Grade Tresco Birch 46" Fabric, #4696-0000
- 1" Acrylic Bias Binding – we used Sunbrella® Acrylic Bias Binding Tape Cocoa, #103018
- Keder Awning Rope White 5/16" – #102549
- YKK® #10 Black Separating Molded Tooth Zipper (Delrin® Single Pull Slider) #104830
- Seamstick 1/4" Basting Tape for Canvas & Upholstery – #104167
- Seamstick 3/8" Basting Tape for Canvas – #129
- Dura-Skrim® Patterning Material – #103134
- O'Sea® Polished 30 Gauge Vinyl Window Material 54 x 110 Clear – #103734
- Shelter-Rite® 61" Fabric – we used Black, #1120121
- DOT® Snap Fastener Hard Action Socket (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #333058
- SnapRite® Snap Fastener Button 1/4" (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #104154
- YKK® #10 Black Continuous Molded Tooth Zipper Chain – #100030
- YKK® #10 Black Style C Double Non-Locking Metal Zipper Pull (Molded Tooth Chain) – #103193
- Stayput™ Fastener Shock Cord Cover Clip Black (Standard) – #100369
- Stayput™ Fastener Shock Cord Lacing Knob Black – #100371
- Black Nylon Webbing – #NYLWBK
- DOT® Snap Fastener & Pull-The-DOT® Eyelet 1/4" (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #333555
- DOT® Snap Fastener Standard Cloth-to-Cloth Stud (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #333100
- DOT® Snap Fastener & Pull-The-DOT® Eyelet 5/16" (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #333558
- SnapRite® Snap Fastener Button 11/64" (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #104151
- Scrap Cardboard
- Screwdriver Square Head #0 – #100345
- Top-Snapper® Canvas Snap Tool – #100590
- Trimmable Butyl Tape 1" – #103689
- Sailrite® Clear Acrylic Ruler 6" x 24" – #102400
- Sailrite® Edge Hotknife Package – #103800
- Soapstone Fabric Marking Pencil White – #102766
- Sailrite® 1" Swing-Away Binder – #100103
- Left Zipper Foot for Ultrafeed LS® & Leatherwork® – #905
- Grease Marking Pencil Yellow – #111002
- EAsy Fit Pin Socket - Snap Positioning System #102009
- Sailrite® SnapRite® System (4 Dies & 100 Mandrels) – #104237
- Pres-N-Snap Installation Tool – #109011
- Sailrite® #0 Hole Cutter 1/4" – #125479
- Sailrite® Rubber Poundo Board 12" x 12" – #123962
- Barry King Mallet Hammer Style 3# – #68563
- Sailrite® Ultrafeed® LS Walking Foot Sewing Machine (110V) – #311502
- Sailrite® Ultrafeed® Collapsible Sewing Table – #104821
- Pencil, Tape Measure, Heat Gun, Screwdriver, Hacksaw, Marker, Dremel® Tool With Drum Sander, Drill With 1/8" Bit, Straightedge
If you missed any of our videos in this series, be sure to check out those tutorials. Learn how to make an enclosure aft curtain, front curtain, side curtains, and a bimini. Just type "Full Powerboat Enclosure" into the Sailrite search engine and click on the "DIY Projects" tab to find all the related video tutorials.
The final piece of the puzzle for our Project Powerboat's Full Boat Enclosure is the aft curtain. Our aft curtain includes a zippered, roll-up door and is attached at the top to the radar arch with awning track.
The previous aft curtain on this boat attached to the radar arch via snaps. We chose to use an awning track instead because it offers a sleeker, cleaner look and is very secure. Plus, the old enclosure had some issues with water running in between the snaps when it rained, and the awning track system will prevent those issues.
This attachment system consists of the awning track attached directly to the radar arch with an awning rope running through the track. The fabric panels then attach to the awning rope with a zipper. To assemble this, we first bent and installed Flex-A-Rail Awning Track to the radar arch. To get a clean look and to protect the zippers from the sun, we created a small Sunbrella® flap that we attached to the flange of our Keder awning rope. Then we installed half of our zippers (the side with the starter pin) on the awning rope flange as well. The result is a hidden zipper and rope, which we think looks really great.
For our enclosure, we used Sunbrella® Marine Grade fabric for the facings, but vinyl is also a popular option. Stamoid™ or Weblon Regatta® vinyl would both be great fabric options if you prefer vinyl. And, as always, the principles used in this video are also applicable for sailboat enclosure projects.
In this video you will also learn how to bend awning track and install it on your boat. You'll learn how to pattern your aft panels, sew and install zippers, and add fasteners.