DIY Windscreen
 

Used a template from Mario's sport V deck to mockup 2 versions of a windscreen for my 27 sport ....which looks better shorter or taller ?

I think they both look good. The larger looks better, but it may be due to the more of the boat in the pic. The pic with the shorter windscreen, it's hard to get a feel for the overall look.

IMHO, I would go as low as possible but still functional. The short screen on my outlaw is just that! Standing back in my bolster, the wind touches my hair, but it's not blowing in my face.
Seated, I can still barely see over it, but I normally stand. Passengers seated usually or not in the wind also.

Just went back and compared mine. What are you making it out of, mine has a cpl in lip (pointed up) that helps deflect air also.

I'l go back and take the same shot as the larger windscreen shows.............at the center peak of the windscreens there's a 4" difffernce between the 2
12" peak height on the taller one & 8" on the shorter one ........................if I keep a solid windscreen I'll be glassing over 1/4" ply with a 1/2" basla core.

That's a though call. My initial reaction was to vote for the shorter one, but the taller one does look better in that photo angle. I look forward to a better photo of the short one.

If fiberglass, will it be the same color as the deck?

Anu...........I'm torn between the both of them and for good reason........if I go small, then it well be a solid windscreen (liminted vision so smaller she goes)
If I go taller, it will be a plexi windshield (with that height I definately need to see through it).....the smaller windscreen would be the same color as the deck.
PS- WHERE'S GAVIN!!!...........day 46 still no contact!!!

I think mine is 11" high top center, measured along the center outside edge, not perpendicular to the deck.

Scippy, will you be adding the rear hand rails beside the cockpit? I have them , though not installed, they do reduce the visual impact of the taller windscreen . . . .

Mario L.

I like the shorter one Pete.

On a side note, man that hull has great lines.

One vote for the tall windshield! Looks period correct and the way it should have "back in the day"!! Keep it "cool"!

Jeff

Pete I was out over the weekend water testing a 28ss Cigarette that had a cut down vee windshield . . If you want one that blocks the wind & water spray a low cut down windshield is useless but looks cool. If you want function go with your taller one especially if you go with a stand up bolster. Mark

I added a "wind deflect" (45* angle) to the top of the windscreen ..........If I like it I'll glass it.

Scippy,
I thought I'd add some comments after spending the weekend on my boat with the Vee windshield.

My boat has the stock seats on the stock height floor.
Cruising at 45 mph while sitting, the wind is in my face. So I tried to figure out how high would the windshield need to be to not have any wind in my face?
Not being able to make my windshield taller I decided I would just lower my head, and from that try to establish how much taller it would need to be to keep the wind flowing over my head.
That dimension is approximately 6 to 7 inches. Ironically that's about the height of the stock glass the windshield.

The removable cushion on my stock seats is about 3 inches thick. If I lower my cockpit floor the maximum amount and then lower my seatposts I should be about right for a "no wind in the face" ride.

But then I might just buy a cabin cruiser , why own a Magnum 27 ?

Mario,
I think you said your windshield 11" top center height ..........my windscreen is 9" but with a curl at the top (I hit it with the really big shop fan and the air flow was over my head)
plus the cockpit sole is lower by 4"......................of course being underway (in the real world) on the ocean will be the ultimate test, but so far I can fool myself into thinking I'm sucessful.........it's true, then why own a Mag 27?