I know this is a long shot but I'll give it a go....
Does anyone have any diagrams/dimensions of the hard top roof that was fitted to the Norman 20 Mk2 Deluxe?
My boat is used coastal and with our predictable weather a removable cover isn't all that good and a new pram hood cover is way out my price range as I would need the frame as well so I was looking to fabricate a hard top, but could do with a starting point.
I build my own from some white oak, bonded it to the coachroof with Sikaflex. The bond was so strong I only used a couple of fixings to hold the sides down - nothing at all across the front "V" screen.
The roof was an aluminium panel also bonded down with Sikaflex onto sawn oak bearers and trimmed all round with a bonded angle that had a screw in each end corner. I sprayed the ali white on top only before sticking it down. Glazed with screwed oak beads and butyl mastic strip.
Hi thanks for the photos gives me an idea of construction.
The one in the Norman range photo would be ideal, if only I could find one, or something like it...... I know rarer than finding hens teeth on a unicorn holding a winning lottery ticket.
I made the hood/tonneau cover myself too. Bought the fittings off e-bay - some of them were second hand - the "lift the dot" poppers. The material was actualy pram cover material - much cheaper than hood material and more importantly for DIY lighter although still waterproof. Lightness meant I could sew it with a domestic sewing machine using jeans needles.
The window in the back gave me problems, in the end I bought some sticky-tape stuff on a roll and used that and it bonded it perfectly. The window plastic was the proper stuff by the way. My mistake was in cutting the hole out and then trying to sew the window in.
Another member suggested that sewing the window in BEFORE cutting the hole out might be more practical as the material would not "creep" under the machine but by then it was too late for me.
I bought a new Janome machine - absolutely brilliant and of course does everything else around the home in the sewing line. Janome were reccommended by a sewing machine centre as being superior to Singer because all the various cogs and links etc are metal - on the Singer they are plastic and break! The cost of everything was still a fraction of a new hood cost.
Thanks for the replies, looks like I've saved myself a bit of work as I've managed to pick up a cover and frame, only bit of luck this year after two car engines going bang, dog being diagnosed with cancer oh yeah and being made redundant...at least I've got a cover....
A long shot
Posted - 25 Mar 2016 : 19:58:46
