blocking sunlight shining through forehatch.

[graham]

if wanting a lie in we have messed about tieing a towel over our perspex forehatch to keep out the early morning sun.

Had a brainwave this week after making some nonslip coasters and heat mats for pots and pans out of a bit of old cushion floor.A suitable size piece slipped easilly between the perspex and the aluminium bars over our forehatch.

It lives under the bunk cushion taking up zero space.

 

[ColinHuggins]

Of course you could just get up and catch the tide. Or is that too boring?

 

[Gin]

Another alternative, a piece of lightweight internally reinforced packing sheet from something like a fruit box used to transport tomatoes (about 3mm thick).

Doesn't transmit light, and if it falls down you will hardly feel it.

One such lives under my bunk cushion too

 

[graham]

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Of course you could just get up and catch the tide. Or is that too boring?

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I see too many sunrises when Im working .novelty tends to wear off especially midsummer with 0430 dawns.

 

[Cloven]

Two options

Cheap option is one of the car window roller blinds from Halfords or similar if they are big enough. Not total blackout but not bad. We use these as blinds in the aft cabin.

Ideal solution but more expensive are the roller blinds from Oceanair. See

http://uk.oceanair.co.uk/da/13807

The ones we have in the foward and main cabin are the Railshade

Hope this helps.

 

[Aja]

We have a cover which is made from blackout material. Stiched round with knicker elastic it is a tight fit over the hatch.

Works a treat.
Donald

 

[reeac]

An external cover of sprayhood type material for example has the advantage of protecting the perspex hatch from UV. We made one and it tends to be kept in place all year round. It's held with bungee cord looped around two small cleats and the cabin roof handrail.

 

[LadyInBed]

My hatches have an internal lip, so I sowed a ring of plastic covered net curtain wire around blackout curtain material.
They just lay in place.

 

[Rich_F]

Yet another alternative - invert your tender on the foredeck. Keeps out the light, and (in our case) stops the bl**dy Tinker from slapping through the night!

 

[Gunfleet]

Get up and enjoy the summer Graham... the dark old winter lasts for long enough.