Yet another Pilothouse / Doghouse
 

I had two hours this weekend to kill on the seacraft and started in on the pilothouse. Here is what I have so far:
http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...&pictureid=655

Interior:
http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...&pictureid=656

Have to get the roof cutout this weekend and put some other appointments on it. I had a pilothouse on my 22' North American years back and have a few ideas for it but i have to ask for you who have pilothouses, Anything you would change? Anything you'd do different?

Im planning removable panels for the sides and back to make it 3 season. Going to put hollow reinforcement on rear edges to run wires/ act as a grab location. Might make the front window an opening type.

Other ideas? Thanks!

When I did mine, I did not have the front window open. When I was finished, I wish I had opted for that option. Other than that, a dog house is a dog house. Good luck, looks good.

Opening window...
 

Chance: Yes. That opening window is the only thing to have on one of those hot "steemah" days right?

And a doghouse is a doghouse, but is it possible to have a nice doghouse? I mean if you gotta be in the doghouse...

Id like to try and make this one really nice compared to my last one. Last one was rough around the edges. Too commercial.

Yeah, you can pretty em up, I just don't know what else you can do to them to Gucci them up. Mine was pretty commercial too. But that's the look I was going for to match the rest of the boat. Full enclosure curtains would be nice for the back. Built in tackle storage? Other guys have run heat off the inboard for winter use but I don't know if yours is an ib. Other guys are more Gucci and have better ideas probably. I just wanted a simple working dog house. I'll be following this post, as you have peeked my interests with a Gucci doghouse.

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Very commercial for me. This was my first Seacraft.

Two hours, huh -- you don't muck around:eek:

Only idea I can suggest is that when you get her done you come on by and crack a motivational whip over my head...
Nice work, good lines.

Wonder if it would make sense to expand the top to almost t top size for more sun and rain protection plus put some rod holders and outriggers up there if wanted

Wow, did that seriously only take you 2 hours? Pretty work. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Two hours... That is impressive. I have a ton of hours into mine, I'm scared to even count. I almost wish I went for a more simplistic design like yours, but I had to get fancy. I figured I had the time. Now I am almost out of time. Thankfully I finally got it faired to my satisfaction and the second coat of primer. I built mine off the top of the console, I didn't put whole sides on like yours. That will save you some headaches when trying to fair. I also decided to put a camber in the roof, and round all the edges... That probably added 20 hours to the project because of extra prep, and difficulty of fairing, and not because of how long it took to actually radius them. Here is an in progress pic of mine.

Yeah, it was two hours but I have a distinct advantage time-wise (I'm a carpenter and have all the resources...) so two hours to mock up sides and front- console base I got from another CSC member. Had to cut the height down a little bit but otherwise a good foundation. Very excited to finish this baby up but I am going to paint the hull this week.

Junior, that house looks awesome. I think you got the scale and appointments just right with the radius roof and all. I am planning a radius roof as well just need to get it together. Keep that opening front window advice in mind. On my other boat I always wished I could get some air on those hot days.

It's not just the wind in your face that is nice as you can just stick your head around the corner for a breeze. I found it would be nice to have the front window hinge because when I get up early to go fishing there is always condensation on the window which severly limits visibility, like your car in the morning.

i started a similar project on my own boat
i started by "squaring" the console - the console is built in a mold,ithas a negative draft,meaning it tapers.iftat taper i left,the pilot house can look like a "teepee"...

i made a similar pattern,using underlayment,i set th forward window,as you did,at an angle...

using compostes,penske board,to build mine

here's the thead http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...ad.php?t=23408


i own/operate a marine repair biz,finding time to work on my own boat has proved difficult

if i have time to work on my own boat,that means i've got no other work - and that's not good !

Mine had the same taper. The sides are actually two pieces stacked on top of each other. The console had a little lip where the old windshield mounted. At that point I pegged it and straightened it back out so it was perfectly perpendicular with the ground. I glassed PVC to the back edge to give it stability and help mask this "kink". You can tell only if you really look at it.

Pretty Commercial lol
That looks like Trump towers compared to mine.

Here are some pics of mine. I'm just starting the process of mounting all the gauges, rigging, wiring and electronics. Good luck with yours, lets see some progress pics.

-Mike

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Nice !!