PILOT HOUSE DESIGN FOR VINTAGE 62ft FEADSHIP

We are totally rebuilding our 62 ft 1960 Van Lent feadship "Alto Volante" (pka Tiky). She's a displacement yacht that marries a traditional round bilge hull and canoe stern with a touch of "christ-craft glamour" in her cabin coamings and "swept" look.

We've stripped out the interior and are fitting a new light-oak interior that is "neutral" in terms of specific period - ie a modern look and feel that is sympathetic to, and blends seamlessly with, her 1960s origins.

She originally had an open helm but we want to fit a pilot house for protection from the Mediterranean the sun and rain.

I've drawn up 2 alternative PH designs -

the first design reproduces the design of the saloon windows with an eyebrow . It is more traditional and perhaps more "ship-like".

The second design has a single side window that emulates the original open-helm windscreen and the sweep of the side coamings. It is possibly a bit more sleek and sexy but still right for a "sixties" boat.

In either case, the back of the PH would be open, but have a canvass screen to close it off the elements.

I want her to be as drop-dead gorgeous as she was when launched but I'm torn between the two looks and would appreciate your thoughts

NB the digital renderings aren't 100% consistent with the drawings but give an approximate idea of what the alternative designs would look like

I'd really appreciate your thoughts as to which PH to go for

best
David

Hi
so are you suggesting I stick with the single window but add the eyebrow? if so, what do you mean when you say " but (you) would keep the brow forward of the double, possibly even extending it just slightly maybe with a forward slat"? Please elaborate

Seems quite a few people agree with you and suggest a single window would look best. However, when you say " I'd personally curve the aft edge profile a little more to closer match the aft edge of the side window, and again, closer match the lower superstructure profile.." I cant figure out if that is meant to relate to the single or double..

Also, what do you mean when you say "bringing the aft end aft a bit more and cutting it in further forward a tad before it comes back to form the overhang"? please elaborate..

I have received a variety of suggestions about which PH suits Alto better - some go for 2 windows, and some suggest I should have the PH side panels bright (varnished wood). However most seem to prefer the single window and whether they prefer single or double windows, everyone seems to prefer keeping the "eyebrow". I agree , as it make the boat more "purposeful" and ship-like!

So here are the drawings and renders with the alternatives amended as per the suggestions...any further thoughts?

In any event thanks to everyone for the suggestions...but Im still not sure!

SO...you mean single window with eyebrow, but I still dont follow what you mean about the "training/trailing?" edge ...do you meaning leading edge?

I agree about the two window design looking a bit "fusty" (great word - says a lot) . Having now applied the eyebrow to the render - and, incidentally, at least on this side of the pond, it it is an "eyebrow" not a "BROW" - and taken the sweep of the aft edge of the PH a bit further aft to give it a bit more visual (and constructional) substance, I think there is an element of of "purposefulness" that was perhaps missing from the single window design

so, I'm now leaning towards to the single window, with eyebrow in white and the sweep enlarged and ......a touch of 1960's glamour...james Bond/ French Riviera /"Dolce Vita" and all that