Steve, if anyone can accomplish this to achieve both a functional as well as aesthetically pleasing design it would likely be done via your work. That said, these hulls provide a pretty wet ride, as you have experienced in Kessler's TDB-17', consequently the blind plays a dual role in concealment and ride comfort when underway. Plus the cockpit combing is an arch, not a straight shot like that of the South Bay you used for illustration. This complicates the hinge point layout. I would opt for a piece of removable canvas on both sides to enable the crew to minimize both wind and water intrusion, while still keeping it lighter than a solid panel, as well as not having to fight having it jerked out of your hands by a wind gust while erecting it or lowering it. We use a pair of folding chairs for gunning stools and extend the thatching high enough to break-up our facial/head movements. I can sit and shoot over the top of my TDB-17 blind panel. With my TDB-14 classic I was obligated to stand and shoot. The other aspect of the solid blind panels I like is how nice and toasty I can keep the blind's interior to aid my comfort and the dog's with just the use of my trusty rusty Coleman catalytic heater. it's quite reassuring to look over and see the dog "steaming" in his neoprene jacket as he keeps vigil near the bow, looking-out from the split in the blind panel and also not inhaling the heater's exhaust products.