Hello everyone, I have been working for a few weeks now to make black out curtains for the guest staterooms. The goal of these curtains is to provide a dark room to combat the long Alaskan summer days. They will also help provide insulation around the hatches. Brittany and I bought a singer heavy duty sewing machine, dark blue cloth and felt cloth. Brittany then flew off to the Bahamas to work as a Chef on a 120 foot motor yacht for a New Years charter, so I got to work sewing all the curtains. I took careful measurements of overhead hatches and the side port holes. Then I measured out the felt cloth and cut it to size. I then could lay the felt cloth on top of the regular cloth. The felt cloth stuck pretty well to the regular cloth and made the measuring and cutting very easy. Once I have both cloths measured and cut I hemmed two sides of the curtain. Once this was done I made the two curtain “rods”. These where made out of 150 pound test fishing line with a very small eye crimped onto each end. I could then use a screw on both side and attach them to the ceiling or walls to hold the curtain in place. This system worked very well!
After a few days of measuring, cutting, sewing and securing the curtains are now all in place and looking great! Now all our guests in Alaska will be able to sleep well and stay warm every night. Book a trip for the summer of 2019 and enjoy these new curtains.