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Hard dodgers
For a racer a dodger is just additional drag.
But for a cruiser it may be essential equipment.
The only type I know from my experience is soft (fabric) dodger and there are many limitations - the biggest for me is that plastic windows do not offer a good visibility (at lease those I saw).
So let us discuss hard dodgers.
What do you think about them?
How would you rate the added drag you can not stow away,
changed look of a sailboat, what about a gig storm, ...
What do you think of different constructions materials:
- all wood )frames and surfaces (obvious for wooden boat, but what about for GRP boat)
- wood frames covered with plastic
- core material and plastic
- steel frames (maybe even from an old soft dodger) and plastic
- any other materials
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