cuddy hatch light blocker?

ric · **Posted:** Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:59 pm

I cut out a square piece of cardboard to block sunlight from the hatch. Its like the sunlight of death at 6am without it trying to sleep. Is there an official way to block it out when overnighting?

firecadet613 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:02 pm

My 318 has these...

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... bkoNfnVCjM

ric · **Posted:** Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:11 pm

Perfect!

LtDan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:49 am

I had a camper that the previous owner cut 3 inch foam just slightly oversized that would fit in the skylights to block out the light. The wife had even covered the foam with fabric, they looked like pillows when not in use.

298VISTA2000 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:30 pm

LtDan wrote:

I had a camper that the previous owner cut 3 inch foam just slightly oversized that would fit in the skylights to block out the light. The wife had even covered the foam with fabric, they looked like pillows when not in use.

That is an excellent idea and will increase the insulation factor as well. I usually just place our square throwable device on top of the hatch but that is a pain and it can blow off if too much wind.

TFD2001 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:04 pm

I just had my local canvas shop make some blackout covers using black canvas. Remove a few screws from the skylight mount and replace with screws and snaps and we can snap them in and out any time we want, and they fold up nice and tight and are easy to store.... Didn't cost much either..

ric · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:15 pm

I also thought about just "tinting" it with black vinyl but i I REALLLLY like that fancy screen thingie.

teker · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:14 pm

I had a circle of black Plexiglass cut at a plastic shop the size of the hatch. I fits in side the fabric screen that snaps on the hatch.

www.iFourWinns.com

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