This app features exterior categories and upholstery categories. Marine canvas and upholstery is a custom-oriented business, so each product category features a base set of times that changes according to the various sizes of a specific project. The app also indicates re-cover estimates on boat tops by classifying frames and tops into separate categories. For a complete frame and top, simply add the times for both categories. For a re-cover job, use the times for the top only.
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This app is based off the PDF for the same purpose. If you want to use that instead, you can download it here: MFA Time Standards PDF
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1-INCH STAINLESS FRAME
OPTIONS
NOTE: These times include design, bending, assembly and installation of the frame onto the boat. They do not include any of the options listed, nor do they include any actual fit of the top.
OPTIONS
ZIPPER POCKETS
OPTIONS
NOTE: an attached bimini is any top supported by framework and attached to either the boat, a radar arch or another top at one end. A convertible top is any top supported by framework that attaches to a windshield on the front edge. Times and materials listed are for a base product with no zipper pockets, enclosure zippers, or any options. This does not include convertible tops. These times are for the canvas top only; they do not include manufacturing the frame or installing the frame on the boat.
ZIPPER POCKETS
OPTIONS
NOTE: A bimini top is any top supported by framework at both ends. The times and materials listed here are for a base product with no zipper pockets, enclosure zippers or any other option listed. These times are for manufacture of the canvas top only; they do not include manufacturing the frame or installing the frame on the boat.
TRADITIONAL DODGER
CALIFORNIA DODGER
OPTIONS
WINDOW COVERS
NOTE: These figures are for the cover of a dodger only. They do not include the frame structure times of any of the options listed. The roll-up front center window is standard on all dodgers.
LACE-ON TOP
BANDED TOP (fastened via trim, not lacing)
OPTIONS
CUTOUT
REINFORCING PATCH
NOTE: These products consist of laced and banded tops on large welded structures of boats. Figures include the top only and not the supporting structure, and are for a basic top without cutouts or any other options.
AFT COVER
PALM BEACH COVER (Without Wings)
ATTACHED WINGS - PER PAIR
OPTIONS
REINFORCING PATCH
CUTOUT
NOTE: An aft cover typically attaches to the aft edge of a top and angles down to close in the aft of the boat. It can be attached with zippers, hardware or track. The basic times do not include any of the options listed.
SINGLE STANDARD PANEL (3'-4' WIDE)
WIDE PANEL (5'-7' WIDE)
SIDE CURTAINS STANDARD (27"-54")
SIDE CURTAINS LARGE (48"-84")
OPTIONS
U-ZIPPER
LONG PANEL
CUTOUT
PRIVACY COVER
VENTURI
CURVED VENTURI
RIGID ENCLOSURE
NOTE: A connector is any fabric product typically fastened at both ends via zippers or hardware that connect between two top products or between a top product and the boat. Length is limited to one width of fabric. A connector can be between a bimini and an arch or windshield, or between a dodger and a bimini.
OPTIONS
REINFORCING PATCH
CUTOUT
CUTOUT - CONTINUED
NOTE: Mooring and travel covers cover the entire boat all the way to the rub rail. A mooring cover, however, usually is fastened with fasteners, while a travel cover attaches via a drawstring and tie-downs. The basic times do not include any of the options listed.
OPTIONS
CUTOUT
OPTIONS - CONTINUED
REINFORCING PATCH
VENTURI STYLE
OVER-THE-WINDSHIELD COVER
OPTIONS
CUTOUT
REINFORCING PATCH
BOW COVERS
OPTIONS
CUTOUT
OPTIONS
CUTOUT
OPTIONS - CONTINUED
LINED
NOTE: The standard console cover times shown below do not include any of the options listed. The sizes have been standardized to simplify the product category.
CHAIR COVER / SEAT COVER
WEATHER CURTAINS / LEE CLOTH
HATCH COVER
OPTIONS
BASIC INSTRUMENT COVER
COMPANIONWAY COVER
JIG BAG
MOTOR COVER
OPTIONS
FENDER COVER
OPTIONS
WINCH COVER
MAST BOOT
PEDESTAL COVER
OPTIONS
OPTIONS - CONTINUED
REINFORCING PATCH
NOTE: Installation of track on boat with one person. Times are based on 8' section. The times consider set-up time on boat.
PLAIN BOXED (In Feet)
KNEE RISE (In Feet)
SEGMENTED TOP (In Feet)
ROLLED FRONT (In Feet)
OPTIONS
V-BERTH CUSHIONS (In Feet)
COCKPIT COAMING PADS AND BOLSTERS (In Feet)
UPHOLSTERED PANELS (In Square Feet)
BACK-TO-BACK SEAT
CORNER LOUNGE
BUCKET-STYLE SEAT
LOUNGE BENCH SEAT
UPHOLSTERED HELM CHAIR
NOTE: Installation of track on boat with one person. Times are based on 8' section. The times consider set-up time on boat.
HEADLINER
NOTE: Add extra time for unusual or difficult preparations and trim.
HULL LINER
NOTE: Add extra time for unusual or difficult preparations and trim.
CARPET RUNNERS
NOTE: Add extra time for steps and hatches.
FURNITURE SLIPCOVERS
FURNITURE REUPHOLSTERY
CORNICES
NOTE: Add extra time for pattern-matching and difficult shapes. Add extra time for pleated and shirred faces.
DRAPERIES
NOTE: Add extra time for curved panels, cutouts and accent trims.
BEDDING ACCESSORIES
NOTE: Add extra time for difficult shapes, cutouts and inside corners. Deduct .75 hours from spread times if panels are already matched and sewn. Add extra time for fancy or detailed trimmings.
NOTE: An accessory is a special item requested by the boat owner to dress up the boat. Sometimes referred to as "Boat Bling", these add-ons can be either a simple small-ticket item, or a complex piece requiring additional time and skill. Time includes cutting and sewing only.
STRETCHER, TACK STRIP, LISTING, PULL: Strip material sewn into a seam on top of cushion, then sewn or stapled to the bottom of cushion to create and keep a shape in the cushion.
WELT, PIPING: Cord wrapped with a strip of material and sewn into a seam for strength or decorative purposes.
KNEE RISE CUSHION: Seat cushion that has a section typically 6" - 7" deep and 1" higher than the rest of the cushion located along the front edge.
ACCORD CLOTH, DUST CLOTH: Lightweight material used to make patterns on foam for cushions or seats.
ROLL AND PLEAT, TUCK AND ROLL: Technique for sewing strips of vinyl together and to 1/2" foam at the same time to create a quilted stripe pattern. Similar to heat sealed roll and pleat.
TOP SEW: Seam allowance is turned to one side of the seam, then stitched to the cushion panel or boxing. Stitching is typically 1/8" or 1/4" from seam.
DOUBLE TOP, BUTTERFLY SEAM: Seam allowance is split. Each seam allowance is top sewn to each side of the seam. Typically 1/8" to 1/4" from seam.
FRENCH SEAM: Sew the seam wrong sides together, trim the seam allowance, then sew the same seam right sides together. (Used in fitted sheets.)
BOX CUSHION: The cushion is identified by a panel all around the cushion.
WATERFALL, BULLNOSE FRONT: A waterfall front or bullnose has a rolled front, or has fabric rolled over the edge with no seam.