Skoota windshield lines poll
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:14 pm
I have had too much time sitting here with mystery illness and wanted to ask you guys a question about the windshield.
The roof has a slope of about 1" every 18" or so. Roughly a 8" drop iirc from the aft to forward edge.
My question is rather simple, but you need the story first.
I plan to install a cage or a windshield/hardtop above the roof because my eyes burn so bad from wind that I can't operate the boat in the evenings is really terrible. And I am in Minnesota and it is so fargin cold here; driving fast in 49 degree weather tends to burn eyes as well and I can heat an enclosure.
The enclosure will run from roughly 2 feet forward of the aft cabin edge and probably about 4 feet or at least 30" aft. That area behind is the bench and standing room at the helm is all. So, the top is about 4.5 to 6 feet longs.
Do I
A) Maintain the same pitch of the roof? This would mean I start the roof 2 feet into the cabin and the aft portion of the rooftop is roughly 3" higher.
or
B) Design the hardtop roof with only a very slight pitch closer to DWL
C) Some alternative like start with A and then chop it down hard at the back so it doesn't look like a spacecraft launchpad
Pros and cons
A
Pros
Looks the same as the roof
Any error in the boats final waterline is not revealed
Cons
Makes the hardtop pitch up really high for only aesthetics
(the roof will be about 9 feet or higher above the cockpit
B
Pros
Is lower at the back, but only by 3-5".
Cons
Could show errors in DWL only correctable by ballasting
Best I got is a link to a file.
https://www.facebook.com/richard.woods. ... ookaside=1
The roof has a slope of about 1" every 18" or so. Roughly a 8" drop iirc from the aft to forward edge.
My question is rather simple, but you need the story first.
I plan to install a cage or a windshield/hardtop above the roof because my eyes burn so bad from wind that I can't operate the boat in the evenings is really terrible. And I am in Minnesota and it is so fargin cold here; driving fast in 49 degree weather tends to burn eyes as well and I can heat an enclosure.
The enclosure will run from roughly 2 feet forward of the aft cabin edge and probably about 4 feet or at least 30" aft. That area behind is the bench and standing room at the helm is all. So, the top is about 4.5 to 6 feet longs.
Do I
A) Maintain the same pitch of the roof? This would mean I start the roof 2 feet into the cabin and the aft portion of the rooftop is roughly 3" higher.
or
B) Design the hardtop roof with only a very slight pitch closer to DWL
C) Some alternative like start with A and then chop it down hard at the back so it doesn't look like a spacecraft launchpad
Pros and cons
A
Pros
Looks the same as the roof
Any error in the boats final waterline is not revealed
Cons
Makes the hardtop pitch up really high for only aesthetics
(the roof will be about 9 feet or higher above the cockpit
B
Pros
Is lower at the back, but only by 3-5".
Cons
Could show errors in DWL only correctable by ballasting
Best I got is a link to a file.
https://www.facebook.com/richard.woods. ... ookaside=1