How useful is the windscreen on a fly bridge? Most, but not all trawlers seem to have them. Does it deflect the wind adequately? My boat (Cheoy Lee 28’ trawler) does not currently have one, is it worth adding?
It's remarkable the difference a venturi makes on a flybridge. Channels bulk of wind around the flybridge vs over it. Even on a slow boat such as my Willard 36.We don't have a windscreen on our boat, come to think of it I don't have any on my motorcycles either.
I just drive from inside if the weather/wind dictates it.
How to create one is the challenge. Our boat originally had one but its long gone. I'm thinking of cardboard templates for the plastic and some kind of bracket to hold the pieces together. Finding a good fabricator seems key unless anybody knows of any generic brackets.
Sunnfjord might actually have drawings for that.
Alas... like so many other brands they are long out of business. I don't think they made many recreational boats as they were heavily into Alaskan fishing boats back in the day. I do have a picture of the boat as she left the factory in 1984 so have something to go on. It would be an interesting project.
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How useful is the windscreen on a fly bridge? Most, but not all trawlers seem to have them. Does it deflect the wind adequately? My boat (Cheoy Lee 28’ trawler) does not currently have one, is it worth adding?
We love having an enclosure. We have a nice warm place to cruise from, no matter the weather. We can open the "glass" if it gets warm. We used to have a sailboat, and now we smile on cool days as we pass sailboats with everyone bundled up while we sit on the flybridge in short sleeves. It probably extends our cruising season by several months.