Window Smashed and hull number
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Momac
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This will probably be very expensive so let your insurance deal with it.
Sunway
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Yep, been quoted 12.5k pounds.
rafiki_
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Hull number should be on the transom.
Sunway
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Thanks, is it in the engine bay or on the outside?
PlanB
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When one of our side windows (Princess) was broken, in Spain, our engineer got a replacement made by a car windscreen supplier (Autoglass, I think).
Our hull number was also stamped in the fibreglass of the fore heads floor.
Our hull number was also stamped in the fibreglass of the fore heads floor.
Tranona
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The recommended position for the HIN is on the starboard quarter just under the gunwhale. sometimes on the transom, sometimes on the side.
jon and michie
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I take it this type of glass is the same as a car windscreen - 12.5k for a quater panel glass is a bit steep nearly the same price as a Volvo outdrive
Momac
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They will probably break a few before they get it right.
dpb
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I had exactly the same problem but on a 21ft Bayliner cuddy.
The screen was Taylor Made.
They would not ship the glass only from usa to abroad so had to buy the whole window assembly including frame and adjacent panel through local Bayliner dealer. £2500 back in 2009ish. Covered by insurance.
It took months but meanwhile I made a replacement panel from a flexible polycarbonate material (lexon i think) which worked remarkably well and was not noticeable.
Have you tried Cranchi or the original screen manufacrurer?
The screen was Taylor Made.
They would not ship the glass only from usa to abroad so had to buy the whole window assembly including frame and adjacent panel through local Bayliner dealer. £2500 back in 2009ish. Covered by insurance.
It took months but meanwhile I made a replacement panel from a flexible polycarbonate material (lexon i think) which worked remarkably well and was not noticeable.
Have you tried Cranchi or the original screen manufacrurer?
rafiki_
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External probably on the outside of the bathing platform.
petem
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It's curved and will require a former, hence the price.
petem
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stelican
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I believe Parema in Italy were the manufacturers.
PCUK
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You mean it's on a boat hence the price. That is a p*ss take in anyones book!
petem
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Of course there's a boat premium but I imagine that making a former and a screen for a Jensen Interceptor for example would be a costly exercise too. And fitting a screen to a boat will be harder than for a car too.
And if it's so profitable as you seem to suggest, why are so few companies offering the service?
petem
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How did it break?
ChromeDome
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Hull number (HIN) should also be on your paperwork - i.e. insurance policy
Momac
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For a new boat there would be a pattern for the glass as a flat plate and a hot glass bending mould over which the hot glass is laid to create the shape which may well be bespoke to the boat model.
For an old boat these will not have been saved.
Momac
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For a simple curve its easier