Scotty wrote:
Why do you need 'curtains' on a sail boat?

Scotty


"katy" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

On Apr 3, 10:37 pm, "Capt. JG"

wrote:

It seems that my boat came with "drapes" in a track for

the portlights. I

took them down intending to wash/repair them, but they

basically fell apart

in my hands... must have been totally degraded by the

sun, original

equipment, or both.

I would really like to replace the drapes with something

other than material

that can be so easily degraded. I've heard about plastic

shutters by

Zarcor...http://www.zarcor.com/PeekaBooo/index.htm.

Someone have thoughts

about alternatives to the drapes besides this?

Besides, they're ugly and don't work that well.

--
"j" ganz


You could buy a sewing machine and make new drapes for

the cost of 2

Peekaboos. Line the back of the drapes with white UV

fabric.

Joe


...sunbrealla...you can buy itr online or sometimes you

can get scraps

from a local person that does upholstery and awnings

etc...for that

matter, if you're so inclined, you can make curtains out

of sunbrella,

too...I have a seabag that I bought years ago made out of

the

stuff...hjot pink and electric blue, and it has not faded

in the 10

years or so I';ve had it..and it's been through the

washing machine

countless times...



Becasue we are in a marina...and sleep in a marina...and with the lgihts
on at night you become a fishbowl...I really don't like feeding the
impulses of every voyeur walking by on the dock...even when you're on an
anchor or the mooring you can have "interested" parties deift by, like
people in bass boats with quiet trolling motors, that peer through at
you...we have had this happen...when I am on my boat, it is my home and
just like I don't like people standing in the yard or on the sidewalk
peering in, I don't like it on my baot either...but then, I imagine
you're a bit of an exibitionsit so maybe it doesn't matter to you...