Modern boats, as you can marvel at them today at trade fairs or in marinas, usually have quite a lot of equipment.Sophisticated privacy screen installations. The sometimes huge window areas are darkened in every conceivable way - with electrically operated blinds, customised pleated blinds or precisely fitting roller blinds.
Owners of older boats can only marvel and also look a little envious, as their models are often equipped as standard withFabric curtains equipped. But what may have been fashionable at the end of the seventies rarely meets the taste of the owner and crew today. It is not uncommon for the curtains to have been replaced several times and thus adapted to the spirit of the times.
Before / After:
Anyone faced with the decision to have new curtains made should consider the alternative shown here: so-calledPleated blindsas we know them from home. These are available in a wide range of dimensions as ready-made or customised products, which can beEspecially recommended for slanted windows However, this solution is also significantly more expensive.
In our example installation, we opted for standard products from a large Scandinavian bed store. We used two 2.2 m x 0.6 m pleated blinds for the 4 m long lounge windows and tensioned them crosswise. This has the advantage that you canPrivacy screen can be opened on both sides.
We installed two 1.5 m x 0.4 m pleated blinds in the aft cabin, which has a much narrower installation space. These were also tensioned crosswise and cover three boat hatches each. Visually, this creates a completely new sense of space; the light-coloured fabric breaks up the outside light and thus creates a pleasant ambience everywhere.
You will find instructions on the following pages
1. aluminium bracket
Where the two pleated blinds meet, an auxiliary rail is required to fix the clamping blocks in place. The rail is glued or, even better, screwed in place.
2. mounting location
Before screwing the clamping blocks together, the exact mounting height must be determined. Make sure that the tensioning cables are parallel.
3. terminal blocks
To minimise the distance between the clamping blocks (gap formation), they are fastened opposite each other with a through bolt.
4. tensioning ropes
Once the rail has been fitted with the clamping blocks, tension the ropes and pull them tight. Important: The ropes must always run parallel to each other.
5. screw fastening
On the front and rear walls of the saloon, the clamping blocks are attached to the wooden interior panelling using wood screws.
6. tensioning
Once the ropes are attached to one side, tension them, cover the clamping block with the top section and cut off the protruding ends.
Connecting tensioning cables
1. squeezing
As we had to do without an auxiliary rail in the cabin for space reasons, we connected both pleated blinds using a crimp connection from an electrical retailer.
2. wind up
We fitted small tensioning pulleys (Easyfix) to the cabin walls, which help to get the tensioning cables to the required pre-tension.
3. tensioning
A sure instinct is required when tensioning. If too much tension is applied to the rope, the crimped connection can come loose again.
4. anchoring
The brackets that are actually intended for gluing must be screwed firmly into the wall, otherwise they will not withstand the pull.
