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Old 10-11-2016, 05:14 PM   #14
DHeckrotte
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Vessel Name: Revel
Vessel Model: 1984 Fu Hwa 39
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For keeping sunlight and heat out of the boat, exterior is better. Once the light has come through the glass into the interior, the heat's in the interior. For convenience and privacy, interior is better (except for the usual sloping windows; they're not so easy). For styling and decoration interior is better. Coatings/tinted glass is great if you've got it or can get a decent, long lasting application.

Solid/opaque exterior covers would be best for excluding sunlight but also prevent seeing what you come down to the boat for. The various meshes come in various densities and colors, and various attachment strategies. Given room for the roll, I think that roll up and tie down mesh would be best and most convenient; the snaps are harder to deal with as they and you get older, and you have to store and sort the loose pieces. We recently saw an installation we'd never seen: snap-on fabric covers on all windows and those facing forward had narrow horizontal slots with covers that folded up; the boat was being driven from within those slots!).

Best is both interior and exterior, with tinted glass on the non-driving windows.

I had imagined a way to hinge a permanently-mounted pair of shades. Fabric laced/fastened to a suitable frame. Hinged up along the flybridge rail. Hinged out for shade with view. Hinged down for maximum shade. It would work for non-Europa style boats in the same way. Quickie pics but w/o shading to make it look right - MS Paint, not Photoshop.
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2016-05-23 SLH_Revel w-o Shade.jpg   2016-05-23 SLH_Revel - Shade Up.jpg   2016-05-23 SLH_Revel - Shade out.jpg   2016-05-23 SLH_Revel - Shade down.jpg  
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