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Anybody come unstuck with the front windows breaking or cracking under foot.It worries me a bit when raising the sails or working on the deck area in choppy seas,that I land up on the v berth with one leg in the boat and one leg out

I cracked one of these front windows once by inadvertently stepping on it (while at the dock... can't even use the "rough seas" excuse). I wanted to replace it with unbreakable Lexan, but the only smoked Lexan I could find just wasn't dark enough to get the admiral's approval. So, I just used acrylic.

--Mike

mike wrote:I cracked one of these front windows once by inadvertently stepping on it (while at the dock... can't even use the "rough seas" excuse). I wanted to replace it with unbreakable Lexan, but the only smoked Lexan I could find just wasn't dark enough to get the admiral's approval. So, I just used acrylic.

--Mike

Did you go the same thickness as original window?
It poses a bit of a problem when you have people on board who have never sailed a Mac before and you have to keep yelling at them "Don't step on the blasted windows"(idiots.)

A window crunch is especially apt while stepping or lowering the mast. We're all aware of this but I find it awkward getting my weight to the 'middle' while the mast is over it. It requires foresight, a dance routine, and a little prayer that nothing 'catches' while passing over.

I now avoid scratching the windows with my toes when pinning or unpinning by taking Chip's advice and keeping the mast in my cheeks.

Sloop John my sunday morning coffee is much better with you around, thanks

[I now avoid scratching the windows with my toes when pinning or unpinning by taking Chip's advice and keeping the mast in my cheeks.quote] Hope that doesn,t hurt to much. [/quote]

marc ducharme wrote:Sloop John my sunday morning coffee is much better with you around, thanks

I now avoid scratching the windows with my toes when pinning or unpinning by taking Chip's advice and keeping the mast in my cheeks.

Hope that doesn,t hurt to much.

Ha! Yeah, Marc, I was having some really rude images flash throug my mind when I read that, too!

Moonie

The best thing I can advise is to get some Richard Simmons videos, Sweating to the Oldies, and then you would not be worrying about breaking windows.

Or run your halyard back to the cockpit via blocks and ropeclutch and avoid climbing on the deck.

I have run the halyard back to the cockpit but definately need Richard Simmons videos. Maybe climbing up on the deck would be good exercise. Hmmm. A paradox.

RandyMoon wrote:Moonie

The best thing I can advise is to get some Richard Simmons videos, Sweating to the Oldies, and then you would not be worrying about breaking windows.

Or run your halyard back to the cockpit via blocks and ropeclutch and avoid climbing on the deck.

I have run the halyard back to the cockpit but definately need Richard Simmons videos. Maybe climbing up on the deck would be good exercise. Hmmm. A paradox.

Thanks Randy,

I might give Richard Simmons a miss until I start cracking the deck gelcoat under my weight.
THe problem I have here,is that on the Med we berth bow to the pontoon,so thats the only we can get onto the boat,but I am seriously considering fitting blocks and clutch for the main as it does get hairy on the deck in a chop.