design ramblings of a madman (windows)

[buckknekkid]

this is a boat!!!I had a woody everytime I drove it

[buckknekkid]

I had intended to build this. but

[buckknekkid]

another pic

[juiceclark]

I saw this photo in the gallery's new pics today and it reminded me of this ol' string about rounded windows.
http://www.boatdesign.net/gallery/sh...hp/photo/11900

If those rounded, instead of back-slanted, windows look so good on a 100' boat (and they really do), why not on a 50'? I think that's called a "Mississippi Bridge." I think I'm going to have that design on my 50 footer after I sell a few traditional designs to pay for it.

It would be a lot easier to mount a 50-caliber on the brow of a rounded bridge like that too...an important consideration down here in FL with tourist season fast approaching!

[buckknekkid]

Ahha, the trusty Blue Hair remover.

[AuxiliaryComms]

I realise this really doesn't show the tilt of the windows properly but I'm not really a boat designer and I'm at work. You'll have to imagine the section under the curve on the cabin being about 6 inches further in at the bottom and flaring out at the back.



Sorry for the terrible scan quality.

[Landlubber]

"Portugese wheelhouse" is the term we use in the land downunder....but what would we know, everything is upside down here anyhow.

I hate having to walk on the ceiling all the time......think i had better go have another tablet.......pink, yes pink is nice

[juiceclark]

I've heard that...or a "Portuguese Bridge." I just don't see why it only works on 30m+ vessels or trawlers. This is a nice design with a Port. bridge - check out that great little flybridge helm:

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/ca...ion-yacht.html

When I was in Hong Kong, I did everything I could to get a few Australian women upside down. I cannot share the details except for agreeing that, indeed, "pink is nice."

[eponodyne]

A well-proportioned wheelhouse visor is as important to "the look" as the slant of the windows.