Re: LOOKING FOR HARDTOP FOR 23 SCEPTRE ?????
Entourage,
I have a '78 23' Sceptre with a radar arch/halftower/hardtop - pictures of it
are in the "Gallery" section of this site under Chris Downey's 23'. Hopefully looking at my pictures and other's will give you some good ideas for your application. The advice given on carefully watching the weight of the structure is very well taken. Not only is the weight up there (changing center of gravity) it is generally forward, changing how she sits in the water.
Not that it cannot be done properly, but, for example, you would not want to put up a 'glass top with a marine ply core (my core is balsa, btw).
Best advice I can give is to plan carefully because you will be living with it for some time. Also, if you are trying to save some money by retrofitting an existing top, you might try calling local fabricators to see what they may have taken off other boars. A few that come to mind are Redman, mentioned earlier, J&J in Somerset, MA, Marine Metal (did my top), Kentfab in Hanover, MA, Fastech in Plymouth, and there are many others. Feel free to ask me any questions and good luck.
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