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Seeing clearly – Part II

However, for the sides of the cabin we wanted something more stylish, newer, and much more extensive than the original design. During the post-salvage clean-up, we cut away some of the solid aluminium panels that made the cabin interior dark and gloomy. We will now fit windows running the entire length of the enclosed section of the boat. For this longer section, only tinted acrylic material made sense. Using this thin but ultra-strong plastic for the windows will produce a sleek look with a single black strip running the full length of the cabin exterior.

Well, not quite a single strip. Extra-long panels are only available on special order and are considerably more expensive than the standard 2.4m-long pieces (8-feet long by 4-feet wide in the old measurements). To reduce costs, and to make

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