Nick Zito
Active member
Having some extra added to my new (last year) blind for my DW15. This blind also includes the top door, which we rarely use except when it's raining or really darn cold. I've noticed the top door material tends to sag a bit, and we used to just put a paddle standing up so the material didn't sag onto your head. I was thinking of asking the canvas folks to put a slot in there so we could slide a batten of some sort to keep some rigidity. Anyone else done this? Not sure if a fiberglass sail batten would be enough (100" cockpit), or if I should be taking a piece of EMT or a 1x2 and glassing it over to make it sturdy. Something small would be nice as the top material is usually rolled up and sits just inside the boat normally for quick deployment.