Windscreen Replacement

[Dino]

Hi,
A friend is looking to replace a fairly high-end windscreen on his boat and he's drawing a blank on finding different suppliers who make for the likes of Princess, Fairline, Sunseeker, Broom, etc.
Can anyone suggest suppliers please?

 

[tico]

Trend

 

[Mr Googler]

Trend Marine might not supply direct in this case. For example....I can’t buy a sunseeker acrylic screen from trend but I can from sunseeker.....who get it from trend.

Worth a call though.

 

[PCUK]

Rally and race cars often have custom windscreens (including heated screens). That's where I would start.

 

[Dino]

Thanks folks, I think Trend are not in a position to make the frame in stainless so my mate is looking for alternatives

 

[rafiki_]

Thanks folks, I think Trend are not in a position to make the frame in stainless so my mate is looking for alternatives

Trend don’t make the frames, just the glass.

 

[PCUK]

Ah, you didn't mention frames!

 

[petem]

I'd try Berthon or Destys or some firm like that but I'm not convinced they'd be interested.

 

[volvopaul]

Trend supplied the screen glass , you can contact them direct but be warned it won’t be cheap

 

[jrudge]

Rear screen in a Squadron 65 - that will £17,000 fitted please sir. Card or cash ?

 

[Mr Googler]

Rear screen in a Squadron 65 - that will £17,000 fitted please sir. Card or cash ?

Jesus Christ!

A new complete acrylic curved screen, 5 sections for a Martinique 38 is £600.....I thought that was reasonable.....now I should buy 2 and keep a spare!

 

[Dino]

Apologies, yes it it the frame that is required. I’ll get him to contact those companies. As far as I know the glass is flat not curved.

 

[MapisM]

After reading the thread, I was going to ask what happened for needing to replace both the glass and the frame.
But needing to replace the s/steel frame only is even more unusual!
How on earth could it be damaged beyond repair, and leaving the glass intact...

 

[Dino]

Frame and glass got damaged but the frame seems to be the problem to replace. The glass is flat so easy to source. Some of the originals were aluminium and some were stainless steel. The owner wants a replacement stainless steel frame.
Apologies for the confusion

 

[petem]

What's wrong with the old one?

 

[Dino]

It was damaged in an incident with a low bridge and a very strong current

 

[Whopper]

Dino, what type of boat are we talking about here? It should be relatively easy (but probably still expensive) to fabricate from scratch. If it’s an English manufacture that’s still in business I’m sure they could help to some extent. It might also be an opportunity to improve the canopy set up - like changing it to something like the “pram hood” set up that Broom used from the mid 2000s.

I would link in with Morgan in Silverline, they had some stainless work done on Arthur last year that looked good!

 

[stelican]

Rear screen in a Squadron 65 - that will £17,000 fitted please sir. Card or cash ?

That sounds like excellent service!
Someone is certainly taking the Pxss, Don't know what size that is but have paid £2500 inc shipping for a 4ft x2ft 6ins curved, tinted and toughened 6yrs ago

 

[vas]

Rear screen in a Squadron 65 - that will £17,000 fitted please sir. Card or cash ?

nice one J!

I bought my whole boat for 17K , granded needed some work, but that's taking the p1ss surely!

 

[rafiki_]

nice one J!

I bought my whole boat for 17K , granded needed some work, but that's taking the p1ss surely!

Vas, I’m sure you can knock something up in Irocko to replace the stainless frame?