Company:
SeaCanvas llc

Project Details

Fabric 1

EZ2CY
Producer/Manufacturer: EZ2CY
Primary Use: Window

Fabric 2

Sunbrella
Producer/Manufacturer: Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC
Primary Use: Main Fabric

Fabric 3

Crystal Clear
Producer/Manufacturer: Strataglass LLC
Primary Use: Window

Fabric 4

Tenara
Producer/Manufacturer: W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.
Primary Use: OTHER


Design Name
Carl Pellegrini

Design Company
SeaCanvas llc

Fabrication Name
Gladys Maxwell

Fabrication Company
SeaCanvas llc

Installation Name
Gladys Maxwell, Carl Pellegrini

Installation Company
SeaCanvas llc


Please describe the project specifications

The standard factory acrylic window on the boat was not offering much coverage from the wind and spray hitting the helm. We designed a single window curved to cover 3 sides of the helm. Track was set at the base and under the hardtop to accept the keder top and bottom. The EZ2CY window was slid in the top track and zippered in the bottom track. The .040 Crystal Clear Wings were added for more coverage of the cockpit. The entire project was digitized with a proliner and designed in Rhino cad and flattened in Exact Flat software. Our clients request was an enclosure with more coverage the the standard small 3 window t-top enclosure.


What is unique or complex about the project?

While we have done a single curved EZ2CY .080 Acrylic window like this in the past this one just looked perfect on this boat. Planning the layout for the track started with heating the track at our shop. Getting the angle of the window from top track to the base track was done by setting blue tape on the tracks before screwing the track in place. Adding the wings just set this enclosure with a sleek look.


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