[PCW] Power Catamarans with flybridges

[Robert Deering]

Here in SE Alaska 99.9% of the boats with flybridges are rigged one of two
ways:

1.  They have fully enclosed the flybridge and use it as their primary helm,
almost exclusively, with the attendant issues of add'l windage, funky
aesthetics, access via a ladder/stairs when docking & underway, and
increased motion/acceleration during rough conditions.  But the visibility
is outstanding, no denying it.

2.  The flybridge is not enclosed and is used exclusively as a really
expensive place to store fishing nets and crab pots.  The owners might want
to use it on the rare really nice day here, but their electronics are all
mounted down below and they're too cheap to buy a second set for the limited
usage above.  Besides, most of the controls up there no longer work because
they've been exposed to the weather for years.  In fact, all of the
penetrations for said controls usually become leakage points that plague the
occupants below.

Your mileage, and climate, may vary.

Bob Deering
Juneau Alaska