Suggestions for Hard Dodger Construction Please

[DennisDW]

It's Done!
It's been a long, hot summer. The weather's finally cooled and it's time to go sailing. I look forward to sitting behind the new dodger at anchor and sipping something to warm my heart. I especially will enjoy the slogs to windward in a drier cockpit.

It's not really completely done. I would like to add corner handles like Zack has in his advice post and a drip rail on the top aft edge and a hand hold for going in and out of the companionway. I have and unintended pooling of water on the bottom sill of the windows. I'll need to figure out a drain that doesn't disfigure the finish. I sanded so long I hate to mar the awlgrip. (Came out nice I think).

Thank you all so much for your help. This is a direct result of your input, advice, suggestions and encouragement.
Fair winds,
Dennis

[Terra Nova]

It really came out very well. Beautiful job.

One thing I would have done is bevel the tops of the bottom window frames so they would shed water on either tack.

[Saltyhog]

Beautiful job Really fits well with the lines of the boat.
No resemblance to any phone booth I've ever seen.

[OceanSeaSpray]

Nice job, good proportions. Mounting the windows from the inside as you did doesn't offer anywhere near the same impact resistance, but it is easier to achieve a nicely finished look this way and if a wave ever blows one out, you have built it - you can fix it.

[JPA Cate]

Dennis,

Maybe you could glue on wicks to lead the water out of the pools.

Ann

[Terra Nova]

You can find the low corner and carve a small drainage channel pitching down.

[Akka]

The hard part is design. We took pictures of the boat from various angles and photoshopped various constructions, varying angles, lengths, heights, etc. Our builder (in Cartagena Colombia) made a cardboard mock-up and each day, we would take picture again and again and decide whether we had the right look. Same thing for windows. Consider water-catching; don't forget cockpit reading lights. Will you want to be able to look over it? Duck under it? Get past it to go on deck? Etc.

[koolfrog]

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