Debbie making cockpit shade screen, 92 percent shade - 2013

Debbie made patterns for the side dodger and bimini shade screen.

End of August- 2013 Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta, Banderas Bay Mexico

The big project that has been going on has been the 92 percent shade screen cockpit enclosure.

Using our Sailrite sewing machine to put some re-enforcing for the DOT® Twist‑Lock Fastener.

 We recently removed the bimini and Debbie scrubbed it and the separator with Down and some bleach. We then let it dry out for the rest of the day, I helped with that 😊

The next day we brought the bimini up to the papala that is by the marina and spread it out (after moving some tables and chairs) on the cement. This is the same papala where we have the pot lucks. Nice shade ad dice breeze.

 So we laid it out and then put on all the dot fasteners that we need for the side shade screens.

Then we marched back to the boat and put the bimini back up and separator. It makes a huge difference having it for sun protection, he bimini and separator.

We did have some Sunbrella  up as a temporary bimini but it was lacking compared to our permanent one.