boat windscreen

[spargs]

Hi guys,<br /><br />I am about to being a total restoration of my Haines V16R over here in AUstralia. I am basing the resto on Grant's (tengals123) cruisecraft as he did last year. Below is a picture of the boat.<br /><br />

<br /><br />I plan to cut out that hatch looking area at the bow of the hull and incorporate a walkthrough windscreen. I am wondering whether people think one of the newer radius screen windscreens would suit this boat much like todays bowriders. I was told to try and do a 3d model to get a better idea but I have no idea how?? Does anyone have any comments as to how i can get a better idea via the computer?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Nick

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: boat windscreen

i believe the strait 3 piece will keep the classic lines, and with slight modifcation you can still use your top. great looking boat

 

[Mark42]

Re: boat windscreen

I think that a newer curved glass windshield will be a lot of work to fit to that boat unless you can find a doner that has as flat a deck and gunnels as your boat does. <br /><br />The flat windshield has advantages:<br /><br />1) Easy to make a custom frame from basic aluminum stock. <br />2) Plexy glass is a lot easier to cut and fit to flat frames than curved.<br /> <br /><br />An easy way to mock up your boat on the computer is like this:<br />1) Find photos of boats with the windshield you like. <br />2) Then take pics of your boat from the same angle(s)<br />3) Use photo editor (Mspaint will work, Photoshop is better) to cut the windshield off the other boat, and paste on your boat.<br /><br />Tengals boat is an excellent project to model your boat after. He did it right, and ended up with a fantastic boat. <br /><br />Also take the time to browse projects on shareaproject.com You can learn a lot from others projects... good and bad!