Oriental, NC

Our side sunshades were in need of some TLC.  They were on the boat when we bought it and I haven't done anything to repair them.  This year in the Bahamas, we used them quite a bit and it shows.  The material is a tough open fiber - but the areas where it contacted the stainless lifeline stanchions eventually wore thru.

Also, almost all of the  attaching hardware had ripped somewhat.

So I just set about making patches out of some thick rip-stop nylon.  Then we reinstalled all the hardware in the same places.  (The blue marker is water soluble disappearing ink.)

More patches.  Hopefully these won't pull out for some number of years!

And 4 layers of patch for the rubbed-thru whole.

It may not look like much, but I counted 22 patches (the shade is about 14 feet long) and took most of the day.  Luckily, most of it inside in the a/c!!  (It was 96 degrees and sunny).

In the evening I noticed that wonderful warm pink glow outside.

Always relaxing to see that view for that few minutes at the end of the day!