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Dropped the lower flapboard to 13", just about gets it tucked in enough, but probably couldn't get more than another inch out without going to trifolds. Going to play with a dodger idea mockup the next couple of days and think on this vs cloth-based roll up options.

I've always thought yours a good design, but you mentioned in an early thread (I think when I was exploring my build initially) that if you were doing it again you'd consider flapboards instead. What downsides, if any, to your existing blind setup? A modified version is among the options I'm...

Thanks Neal!

Appreciate it. Definitely agree a final design would need to get the flapboards "inside" the boat - I made the bottom section fairly tall (and upper short) so I could consider 1-piece vs bi-fold... so I have a fair amount of flexibility in bringing the outer edge in by shifting - but more...

Pretty slick, but a lot of metal and canvas working skills I don't yet have. That would put me at March 2028, I'm afraid.

I'm glad you said that... lining it out reminded me of an older idea along similar lines, extending the lines of the side coaming. I might also be able to craft a decent, lightweight, removable hard dodger. Something to think about. I think such lines would accommodate a stowed trolling motor...

Thinking through dodger options this morning. Have generally had a rounded dodger in mind and drew that first (may be tough to see without zooming) - my thinking was/is a half-round toe-molding that has legs extending to/towards thatch rails, with a removable canvas dodger attached. As I was...

Mocked up some of @Steve Sanford 's bi-folds to test heights, and think I like this idea better than taller singles. I could shift another inch or so from bottom to top section, but it is shootable from a sitting position as-is at my height. I made this mock-up so that I can cut it in half...

Nothing worse than an old squaw with a crooked tail! :LOL:

Yes, I agree. Perhaps less so in our area than yours (sand v rocks), but still a risk (oysters/random debris) - and a trade-off of sonar capability vs flush/protected. In the end, I decided it was easier to give it a go this way and, if it gets damaged quickly rather than replace I can grind...