Last winter just after we bought our boat we started changing things. We added about 8'' to the cabin height. It sure made a big differance inside. We used 1/2'' plastic just like the slider has on the pop top. We kept everything sort of stock but making things better. We took out wood runners for the sliding top and made them out of plastic WOW does that slide better. You can see all around inside and adds alot of light. As we were doing this we found the roof above sink was lower than the port side where the head is ,of corse ,it has support there. We added a S,S. support bar at the edge of the sink, my wife loves that she has something to hold on to while in the galley/cabin. We added an extra pin board at the top to close the back up, we used the 1/2 '' smoked plastic again. We then added 2 ft. hand rails on the top of pop top so you have something to hold on to. We think it looks great and so do others ,or they don't want hurt my feelings. We love it and the whole boat after all the changes. We'll get into that next time ,I have no fear HA HA. we don't have a scanner, as of yet, or we'd send a picture . "Soon" my wife says.
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I'll scan them for you
Harry, I would love to see the changes. If you like I'll scan your photos, then send them back (the photos and the scans). Email me at bfa1@home.com and we can discuss it. Bruce S/v Forty Squared
Harry, I would love to see the changes. If you like I'll scan your photos, then send them back (the photos and the scans). Email me at bfa1@home.com and we can discuss it. Bruce S/v Forty Squared
head room in a 26? -- give me more........
I'm tall, my head bangs into the ceiling or my back aches from stooping over, this sounds great....not sure I'm capable of a conversion of this magnitude. Where did you get the plastic? How did you cut it? How did you seal the top to make it waterproof? What did you do so that you can raise and lower your mast over this modification?
I'm tall, my head bangs into the ceiling or my back aches from stooping over, this sounds great....not sure I'm capable of a conversion of this magnitude. Where did you get the plastic? How did you cut it? How did you seal the top to make it waterproof? What did you do so that you can raise and lower your mast over this modification?
Sounds like a different boat!
The improvements you've done sound great! I'm a little guy and my head, unfortunately, not my hair, just barely touches the slideing top. But I'll show this to my son, because he towers above me. The stainless steel support, at the end of the sink is a very worthy addition. The handhold is reassuring, but the support that it gives to the deck directly above would be of interest to a lot of the heavier fellas out there. I don't have any flexing on the deck of this 26 but I did experience movement on a previous '94 model, at the drain grove, in the middle section where the poptop ends. Have you extended the compression support down into the sink cabinet to the hull? All the best, and Merry Christmas! Larry Barnes, v/s CNTRL SEA What kind of poptop are you using (make and model). The campertop that was part of my purchase deal is minimal. Supported by the pop up section of the companionway hatch, in the front, and an aluminum tube fashioned to support the end, at the cockpit, it dosen't provide enough internal superstructure to install handrails, out on deck. I'm currently working on a design for a spray dodger to make the cockpit an even more enjoyable place, but I'd like to see what already exists, in the market place. Your help would be very much appreciated.
The improvements you've done sound great! I'm a little guy and my head, unfortunately, not my hair, just barely touches the slideing top. But I'll show this to my son, because he towers above me. The stainless steel support, at the end of the sink is a very worthy addition. The handhold is reassuring, but the support that it gives to the deck directly above would be of interest to a lot of the heavier fellas out there. I don't have any flexing on the deck of this 26 but I did experience movement on a previous '94 model, at the drain grove, in the middle section where the poptop ends. Have you extended the compression support down into the sink cabinet to the hull? All the best, and Merry Christmas! Larry Barnes, v/s CNTRL SEA What kind of poptop are you using (make and model). The campertop that was part of my purchase deal is minimal. Supported by the pop up section of the companionway hatch, in the front, and an aluminum tube fashioned to support the end, at the cockpit, it dosen't provide enough internal superstructure to install handrails, out on deck. I'm currently working on a design for a spray dodger to make the cockpit an even more enjoyable place, but I'd like to see what already exists, in the market place. Your help would be very much appreciated.
What worked best for me…
Being a H26 owner, and 6’5” – I found it best to sit back and let wifey do everything for me
(obviously, she doesn’t read the posts at this site)
Being a H26 owner, and 6’5” – I found it best to sit back and let wifey do everything for me
(obviously, she doesn’t read the posts at this site)More Head Room / More Info.
Dear Bruce S/v Squared I will be getting a friend to scan some photos for me . Dear Ed Evans Doing this modification was quite the project. My wife had a big hand in this also. She caught all my mistakes. I bought the plastic at Tap Plastics, a cool place to find plastic for projects. I cut it with a table saw and jig saw. Sanded edges. And i used a propane torch to finish edges smoothly. Original pop top was used, half inch plastic was used that fit inside of pop top. Which ment we had to cut slider about a half inch narrower so that the sides of the addition would fit between outside edge of top and inside edge of sliding top. We added new track made of plastic with a groove down the center of it to catch water so it would drain off. As far as the mast goes, yeah. The first time we went to use it we found out that we had al little problem. To resolve that we made an extension about four feet long that fit on the rear mast support that used for trailoring position. It made raising and lowering the mast not such a strain. There are alot of little details we had to resolve, but it all worked out very well. It was worth it!
Dear Bruce S/v Squared I will be getting a friend to scan some photos for me . Dear Ed Evans Doing this modification was quite the project. My wife had a big hand in this also. She caught all my mistakes. I bought the plastic at Tap Plastics, a cool place to find plastic for projects. I cut it with a table saw and jig saw. Sanded edges. And i used a propane torch to finish edges smoothly. Original pop top was used, half inch plastic was used that fit inside of pop top. Which ment we had to cut slider about a half inch narrower so that the sides of the addition would fit between outside edge of top and inside edge of sliding top. We added new track made of plastic with a groove down the center of it to catch water so it would drain off. As far as the mast goes, yeah. The first time we went to use it we found out that we had al little problem. To resolve that we made an extension about four feet long that fit on the rear mast support that used for trailoring position. It made raising and lowering the mast not such a strain. There are alot of little details we had to resolve, but it all worked out very well. It was worth it!
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