{"id":6356,"date":"2009-08-01T05:36:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cockpit-protection\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T05:36:14","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T10:36:14","slug":"cockpit-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cockpit-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Cockpit Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Cockpit protection Shetland-Islands-401\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shetland-islands-401.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The longer you cruise, the more important crew protection becomes. This applies to cold and wet, and to sun.<\/p>\n<p>Trade offs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to running rigging and winches.<\/li>\n<li>Headroom inside.<\/li>\n<li>Sightlines from external helms over\/through the cockpit cover.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy weather capability.<\/li>\n<li>Aesthetics (placed last for this discussion).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are lots more details in our <em>Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia<\/em>. A few photos follow of different approaches observed in Lerwick, Shetland Islands.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Cockpit protection Shetland-Islands-402\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shetland-islands-402.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The preceding photo and this (above) show a dodger integrated with a fixed windshield. This is a favorite Scandinavian approach. Works well in cool areas, but lack of air flow is a detriment in the tropics.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Cockpit protection Shetland-Islands-410\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shetland-islands-410.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another dodger\/windshield combo.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Cockpit protection Shetland-Islands-411\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shetland-islands-411.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both have side and aft access. The blue fabric will be extremely hot in the tropics.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"431\" alt=\"Cockpit protection Lerwick-Shetland-1-145\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/lerwick-shetland-1-145.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A more sea-going affair, with basic protection for two crew. Note the rolled up awning section at the aft end of the dodger which secures to the radar arch.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Lerwick-Shetland-1-166\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/lerwick-shetland-1-166.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The companionway hatch shown above is found on a lot of French yachts. It eliminates the vulnerability of washboards.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"481\" alt=\"Cockpit protection Lerwick-Shetland-1-155\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/lerwick-shetland-1-155.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fixed windshield, laced on sun\/rain cover, integrated with radar arch. Nice setup for moderate weather, but one good wave and the cockpit would be a tangle of stainless pipe. But for relatively moderate conditions it will work well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The longer you cruise, the more important crew protection becomes. This applies to cold and wet, and to sun. 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