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Wheel house window shades

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Capt Ron
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Wheel house window shades

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I’m going to do something to the wheel house windows on my 28TE to block the afternoon sun and add a little privacy while at the dock. Has anyone done any such window treatment?
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Re: Wheel house window shades

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The previous owner of my 28 made a wrap around canvas that covers all front and side windows. Its a PITA to put up and down, but works well if your looking for Privacy.
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Re: Wheel house window shades

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I looked into interior and exterior snap on covers both solid and screen. Kind of expensive for the 35 because there are lots of windows. I found some spring loaded 'pop open' sun shades at Pep Boys as a temporary solution. They work quite well and I think I'm going to buy more and forget the canvas. They are cheap store easily and you can put them where needed
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Halcyon wrote:I looked into interior and exterior snap on covers both solid and screen. Kind of expensive for the 35 because there are lots of windows. I found some spring loaded 'pop open' sun shades at Pep Boys as a temporary solution. They work quite well and I think I'm going to buy more and forget the canvas. They are cheap store easily and you can put them where needed
This sounds interesting. Do you have a picture of them, or a link? How many do you use?

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Re: Wheel house window shades

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I think I have the Pep boys pop open things. They store round, about 16" and need a magician to fold them up again. If that's it, then I use one for the windshield glass. Kind of a PITA if the wind blows. I'm thinking of attaching something like Sunshade material attaching from the inside with Velcro. Easily attached and removed. I want to allow the breeze to come through the center glass.
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Re: Wheel house window shades

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The Sabre next door has this stuff covering all his windows. I'm been getting better with the old Singer and I'm going to give it a try. I just finished a transom cover and bimini. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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