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Sew it goes.......

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Sunrise on Jekyll Island Beach Oct 2013 When we bought our boat we found the window panels for the sundeck in a locker. Our surveyors Capt Frank and Capt. Lynne,  http://www.bluewatermarinesurveys.com/  helped Jean install them. The panels were old then and after a year of use have started falling apart with the plastic windows cracking, seams with stitches pulling out and zippers that failed to zip. The panels were shot and we procrastinated on replacement. We got a quote from professionals, Too much! I had a cheap sewing machine and it gave up on the first new panel I tried to sew. I did a lot of research on sewing machines, looked at new and used. I wanted a Sailrite but just could not justify the cost.  http://www.sailrite.com/  We procrastinated more or less until Sailrite had a sale and free shipping. We ordered our materials and continued to look for a machine. Capt. Andy has and old antique he found in a shop in Brunswick. We looked for one of those and did not find