cheers,
-mo

our previous boat had a flybridge. it was nice to run from up there, but the added systems complexity was a major and continuing source of aggravation plus, coming from a long line of skin cancer patients, we were never out from under the bimini, so minimal "convertable top down" effect so for new boat we decided that the openness was the part we really liked, so we made sure the deck house and especially the helm area open up expansively instead of having a flybridge. we call it "the flybridge without the flys" "Rearrange the compromises and see if you like this one better." cheers, -mo

cheers,
-mo

The correct term for a navigating position above the Wheelhouse is the Monkey Island, The Flying Bridge is that raised gangway that runs fore and aft on a tanker to enable the crew to move about when sha is loaded and the decks are awash. The raised athwartships bridge on the poop is the docking bridge. Does anyone know where the term Monkey Island comes from, the term Flybridge seems to be confined to the Tupperware. mo@ccr.org (Mike O'Dell) >To: trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com >Subject: T&T: flybridges... >Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:50:40 -0400 (EDT) > >our previous boat had a flybridge. >it was nice to run from up there, but the >added systems complexity was a major >and continuing source of aggravation > >plus, coming from a long line of skin >cancer patients, we were never out from >under the bimini, so minimal "convertable >top down" effect > >so for new boat we decided that the openness >was the part we really liked, so we made >sure the deck house and especially the >helm area open up expansively instead >of having a flybridge. > >we call it "the flybridge without the flys" > >"Rearrange the compromises and see if you >like this one better." > > cheers, > -mo >_______________________________________________ >http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > >To unsubscribe send email to >trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word >UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > >Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World >Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger 7.0 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk