Extra comfort for boating
Boat Canopies
A boat canopy functions as an additional protection under various conditions – cold, hot, come rain or shine! A boat canopy’s functionality, appearance and durability are always an important part of a boat’s usability and general appearance.
VA-boat canopies since 1969
Functionality, style and durability
Our original boat canopies are always designed in cooperation with boat manufacturers, taking into account the various boat applications available. This ensures that the covers fit the boat model in question and serve the user as well as possible. We have manufactured original boat canopies for most Finnish and Scandinavian boat brands. We have digitised our original canopy patterns used to make replacement canopies. This way, we can guarantee the consistent quality of the replacement canopies.
When your boat canopy starts to show need of renewal, you know you can get a fine-quality product from us – already designed at the outset with the special purposes of your boat in mind. As a producer of authentic canopies, we are able to offer you a product made in accordance with the original pattern for your boat and canopy arch.
According to your requirements, you can choose to renew only the boat canopy without the arch, or order new arches for your canopy as well. In addition, you can personally select the colour of your new canopy from our selection, which offers over 20 different colours.
Quote for a boat canopy
Request for a quote for a boat canopy
Fill out the offer request form:
Fill out the offer request form.
Our customer service will contact you, when the offer request has been processed.
If you don’t know precisely the make and year of your boat, we will need your old canopy for inspection before we can begin making the new one.
In addition, the old canopy is needed for the final stage of the production process so that the location of each edge mounts can be fitted precisely in place. In particular, the risk of discrepancies is higher for older boat models, those built in the 1990s or earlier. In these older models, we need the old boat canopy at the end of the manufacturing process to check the location of the edge mounts from the old canopy. For newer models, the risk of discrepancies is lower, but only by aligning the mounts on the old canopy can we guarantee that the canopy will fit in the mounting positions.
- Check your boat model and year of manufacture. When ordering a renewed boat canopy, it’s a good idea to ensure before starting production that the pattern we’re using is exactly the right one! Here can be variations affecting the boat canopy even from one boat model to another from the same year.
- Think about the colour of your new boat canopy in advance. You can see the colour chart HERE.
- If you are sending an old canopy to us, before sending it, remove the canopy from the arches and clean off the worst dirt. If your canopy is wet, wait for it to dry.
- NOTE! Insert a note inside the canopy package that has your contact information and information about the boat model (make, model, year). Please mark the colour you wish for the new canopy on the note. Labels taped to the package are at risk of tearing and loss during transport.
- If a pattern cannot be found of your boat’s canopy, we can most likely make a new canopy by copying the old one. Send us a photo of the old canopy or send the old canopy to us for assessment. This way we can give you a price estimate for copying it. If our offer does not please you, we’ll send your old canopy back to you – at no charge.
- We will send you a new canopy once it is finished. The package is delivered as a cash on delivery package, a Matkahuolto bus cash on delivery package or as a Kaukokiito shipment, in which case the canopy is invoiced separately before sending. The new canopy can also be picked up from us, in which case the payment will be made upon collection.
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Delivery time about 10 weeks.
We will confirm a more precise delivery time in the order confirmation emailed to you when we have processed your order.
Sunbrella
Materials
Our boat canopies are made from materials that are easy to maintain and last from year to year. Your boat canopy deserves only the best – Sunbrella Plus boat canopy fabrics. For the other parts of the canopy as well, we use only accessories made from the best-quality materials.
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
40,60 € (32,35 € + alv)
Pattern collection
Our continuously growing pattern collection already covers thousands of boat models. If you can’t find a canopy pattern for your particular boat model from what we offer, we’re most likely able to prepare the new boat canopy on the basis of the old one.
If you don’t have an old canopy, that’s no problem, either: we can measure and make a brand new, individual boat canopy to perfectly fit and meet the demands of your particular boat. We take the measures for new canopies in a measurement hall at our factory in Kuopio.
For more information on replicating an old canopy or sizing a new one, please send us photos and more information by email at: customerservice@va-varuste.fi
You can also send a request for an offer using the form.
Inhouse design
VA-Varuste’s designers draw new products using 3D design programs or traditional sizing methods.
Gerber multilayer cutters
Fabric parts are usually cut with automatic cutters. Automatic cutting based on digitised canopy patterns ensures consistent quality. The parts are always the same size and the fasteners in their proper places.
Canopy arches
We mainly manufacture the boat canopy arches ourselves. Our metal departments in Kuopio and Suwałki offer strong expertise and always use up-to-date patterns.
Sewing and finishing
A combination of traditional handicrafts and modern production methods allows us to sew and finish the canopies with uncompromising quality.
VA-Lokki
Electric bird repellent
VA-Lokki is an electric bird repellent based on traditional electric animal fence technology. A conductive wire is sewn to the boat canopy’s roof section to create an electric circuit, and an electric fence energiser unit to provide the required electrical impulse is installed on the boat. The sewn-in electric circuit is waterproof. To ensure watertight operation, the canopy roof should be impregnated with an agent delivered with the product.
The unit uses the boat’s own battery or separate batteries as the power source. Separate batteries are sufficient for about a month’s use. When using the boat’s battery, the energiser unit will cut off the power if the battery level drops too low. This prevents the boat battery from running out.
Any bird landing on the boat canopy’s roof section will receive a small electric shock. The shock effectively prevents birds from remaining on top of the boat canopy, considerably reducing the problems caused by bird droppings. The electric shock the bird receives is not harmful. The easy-to-use VA-Lokki is designed for use in a boat.
Please note that you cannot purchase VA-Lokki separately. It can only be installed on a new canopy when replacing the old one. The product is always designed for a specific canopy. VA-Lokki is only available for canopies made according to our patterns.
va-snap
Easy to use fitting
There are different solutions for fastening boat canopy available for boat manufacturers. We have developed our own fitting called VA-Snap. This stylish fitting doesn’t require use of canopy reinforcing patch as VA-Snap will be mounted on a hole which is added on fabric during the process of cutting fabric. VA-Snap’s own fittings or press snap fasteners mounted on boat can be used as counterparts for VA-Snap. VA-Snap boat side fastening is available in chromium-plated or black metal and also in plastic. VA-Snap fittings for fabric are available in different colours, and the colour can be adjusted according to the colour of fabric or edge tape. VA-Snap is easy to use: there is HST retainer ring inside the fitting which can endure removal for hundreds of thousands times. If any of the parts accidentally break they can be replaced easily.
