On the North Sea and Baltic Sea, you can hardly do without a decent sprayhood. In wind and rain from aft, however, it doesn't stay dry under the sprayhood either. Our sailmaker produced a three-part rear panel that offers three different options for use: Either only one side panel is closed, both side panels are lowered, or all three segments close off the companionway.
This means that the companionway can remain open even in bad weather and you can be in the cockpit quickly if necessary. Fellow sailors are well protected behind the cover. The additional part is attached using an overlap on the aft edge of the sprayhood, which is braced downwards on both sides of the coaming. Additional rubber stoppers prevent the overlap from slipping. Even simpler, but more expensive: attaching the sprayhood with a zip, as with a connecting canopy. Closed in this way, the entire cake stand does not have to be erected when wind and rain are blowing into the cockpit from aft in the harbour.
- Frank Schauwecker, 23730 Neustadt
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