Sunseeker 74 Transformation

A 74-foot Sunseeker flybridge came in for exterior cushions and left with four scopes finished. The exterior upholstery, the interior sofa, the utility covers and the bimini top were all renewed, and the result reads as one design rather than four separate jobs.

Four Scopes, One Boat

The sunbed areas are Sunbrella Horizon in Cadet Grey with Sunbrella Horizon Textil Navy welting. The seating areas are Sunbrella Nurture Pebble. Two different fabrics in two different colors, which normally means two different looking spaces.

What ties them together is the quilting.

The Honeycomb Pattern

Every area carries a custom honeycomb quilt. Running one pattern across two base fabrics, on surfaces that curve differently from bow to flybridge, is the part of a job like this that takes the planning.

Honeycomb is less forgiving than a diamond pattern. Hexagons have to close correctly at every seam and every panel edge. Where they do not close, the eye finds it before it finds anything else on the boat.

Inside And Under Cover

The U-shaped interior sofa was upholstered in UF Tottori Origami White, which brings the interior into the same palette without carrying exterior fabric below.

The exterior utility covers were built in WeatherMax 80 in Light Charcoal, and the bimini top was re-covered in Stamoid Light Snow-White. Those two scopes are the ones nobody photographs and everybody needs. Covers keep the new upholstery from aging in the sun, and a bimini in fresh fabric is what makes a refreshed boat look refreshed from a hundred yards away.

The Materials

  • Sunbrella Nurture, Pebble (Glen Raven Custom Fabrics) — All seating areas.
  • Sunbrella Horizon, Cadet Grey (Glen Raven Custom Fabrics) — Sunbed areas.
  • Sunbrella Horizon Textil, Navy (Glen Raven Custom Fabrics) — Welting on the sunbeds.
  • UF Tottori Origami, White — U-shaped interior sofa.
  • WeatherMax 80, Light Charcoal — Exterior utility covers.
  • Stamoid Light, Snow White (Serge Ferrari) — Bimini top re-cover.

The Team

Design: Andy Flack. Fabrication: Lindsay Jacobs, Brooke Kelly, Rohan Chin-Sang and Ashley Garrison. Installation: Corey Degroff, Michael Gallagher, Memo Gutierrez and Robert Erickson.

Canvas Designers Inc., Riviera Beach, Florida.