rigid windscreen

[Peter2B]

I have a hankering to fit a Hellberg Rassy style rigid windscreen to my boat. Has anyone done this, or has anyone read any articles by someone who has done it?

 

[Honey]

Not sure about the HR design but I made a three section screen for my Colvic Sailor with a GRP top and incorporated a stainless frame to take the main sheet so that I could go below without climbing round that awkward lump of string!

 

[maxi]

Yes, I made my own GRP windscreen fitted with perspex windows & 10 years on, I wouldn't change it.

Spent a little time making a rough mock-up with hardboard, to obtain the right size, rake, visibility through the windows etc. etc. and then made a female mould on the boat itself.

Getting the mould home singlehanded via dinghy and Volvo was interesting. Then screwed two old household doors together to make a working base and laminated the screen directly into the mould. Well worth the extra bit of time to mould-in recessed windows rather than surfce mounting.

The cost was well under a £100 plus circa £200 for the hood and frames to finish the job.