Cockpit Enclosures and Dodgers
The shelter provided by a good dodger and enclosure can make all the difference on an offshore voyaging sailboat, but there are also tradeoffs.
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Cockpit Dodger For an Offshore Sailboat
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Read more: Cockpit Dodger For an Offshore SailboatPhyllis and John share what they have learned after three iterations of dodger design and build finally produced a perfect result on Morgan’s Cloud.
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How To Home Build a Hard Dodger For an Offshore Sailboat
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Read more: How To Home Build a Hard Dodger For an Offshore SailboatAfter reading about our hard dodger, very experienced liveaboard voyagers Lane and Kay Finley sent along a detailed description of their hard dodger, complete with photographs. The advantage of theirs over ours is that it is all hard with glass windows; much stronger and pretty much maintenance free. On the other hand, I like the larger expanse of window, fewer blind spots and curved shape of ours.
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Building a Robust and Practical Hard Dodger
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Read more: Building a Robust and Practical Hard DodgerAdding a hard dodger to an offshore cruising boat. While this dodger was built in aluminum, the techniques and details will be useful for a similar project in any material.
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A Sailor’s Cockpit Enclosure—Part 1
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Read more: A Sailor’s Cockpit Enclosure—Part 1Benafits and drawbacks of a cockpit enclosure for an offshore sailboat.
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A Sailor’s Cockpit Enclosure—Part 2
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Read more: A Sailor’s Cockpit Enclosure—Part 2Considering a cockpit enclosure? Building one that a real sailor can love takes a deep fixation on getting the details right.
