Textiles on Board, Made to Measure

A berth follows the hull: tapering towards the bow, angled to the bulkhead, corners cut away for pipes and panelling. Standard bed linen pulls, bags or simply does not fit. We measure every berth on board and make sheets with elasticated or zipped solutions, mattress covers and blankets cut exactly to the angles of the ship.

The patterns stay in our cutting archive. Replacement linen for the next season can be remade without another visit on board.

In the salon we work with wool-rich weaves, naturally slow to ignite, and removable covers throughout. On deck, open constructions and quick-drying fillings let water run through instead of holding it; seams and piping are made to shed salt and sun.

Fitting-out and true upholstery work — rebuilding seat boxes, for example — is carried out together with our partner workshops, at the yard or at the berth.

Every piece we deliver is recorded in a textile passport: fabric, origin, measurements, care, tested values such as Martindale and lightfastness, and IMO FTP Code certificates where required. For the crew it is a working manual; for the management, a documented inventory of everything textile on board.

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Fire safety on board follows the IMO FTP Code in its parts: Part 7 covers curtains and vertically hanging textiles, Part 8 upholstered furniture and covers, Part 9 bedding and mattresses. We carry fabrics certified to these procedures — among them the inherently flame-retardant Trevira CS, whose resistance lies in the fibre itself and survives every wash — and for vessels under the British flag we choose treated fabrics in line with MGN 580, delivering the test certificates with the ship. On deck we make fender covers in sets, embroidered with the yacht’s name, and the textiles of the beach club and the aft deck: lounger pads made to the furniture, beach towels bearing the ship’s mark, outdoor curtains that turn the platform into a sheltered veranda. We work for owners of yachts between ten and twenty-five metres, for charter fleets with recurring sets, for superyachts — there usually through the refit yard — and for houseboats in Hamburg. Two honest boundaries belong to this: tender covers and canopies are made by a sailmaker from our circle of partners, and crew uniforms we do not make. Everything sewn by the atelier — berth linen, cushions, table linen, curtains — comes from our own workshop. For motorhomes and camper vans on land, the same method applies: textiles for the road.