New Wheel House for Buttercup

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Day 2 of the project

This is why we need a new screen



Buttercup shown leaving port Levy on the Banks peninsula in a hurry. 
The mighty Merc uses around 20 litres an hour at 3000 RPM which 
equates to around 30 Knots on my Nokias GPS with the hydrofoil fin fitted on the leg



Proposed new wheel house/screen designs


Fully enclosed i suspect this is a heavy option as there is quite a bit of fiberglass in the proposed roof



Heres one we prepared earlier, about 20 years earlier now, it was laminated glass in Aluminium frames and a glass sheathed wooden top 

Decided against the hard top due to weight considerations, the above lid on Goldilox was a bit too heavy with hindsight. Below 1993 with the original screen which was far to low every bit of spray hit you flat in the face.

Below a targa top with a canvas cover, looks ok we think


The original top is quite low, the boat can take a higher top giving more headroom.  Its canvas with a fiberglass frame. Quite heavy and the Acrylic is cloudy and scratched so much its hard to see out with water on the screen


My clever wife suggested we cut the uprights and retain the top and bottom and make the screen higher and a bit longer

Be brave and show buttercup the saw. She looks cool as a convertible I think 

Mock up number one. 700 mm high Polycarbonate panes too high and the slope is all wrong, I think it needs to be lower at the front.


Mock up two. lowered 140 at the front and 100 at the rear. Looks better proportioned to me


Top frame removed and prepared for refitting to new screen. This method means we can retain the existing old hood for the wheel house section for while.


Shes going topless tonight






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