Cabin too bright in morning

luvinlife

Has anyone come up with a way to keep the cabin darker for sleeping?  It doesn’t bother me but it bothers the admiral with the sunlight coming into the translucent cabin door. She will put towels over the port windows but the cabin door lets light in. 

YYZRC

Same problem here. Might wrap the cabin door with light control vinyl over the winter. 

LaRea

On my 370, if I open the door to the head, it blocks a lot of the light.  I also close the inner screen door, which helps a bit.  

In fact, maybe you could just wrap the screen door.  That way, the solid door would still let in light when you need it.

luvinlife

There is no screen door on my 270.  My wife tries to hang towels over the door. 

Handymans342

You could paint it black on the inside

Willhound

Handymans342 said:

You could paint it black on the inside

"Cue Rolling Stones song"😆

Handymans342

Willhound said:

Handymans342 said:

You could paint it black on the inside

"Cue Rolling Stones song"😆

ACDC

Willhound

Handymans342 said:

Willhound said:

Handymans342 said:

You could paint it black on the inside

"Cue Rolling Stones song"😆

ACDC

Sure. Back in Black both one of my favourite ACDC songs and albums. But come on..."paint it black"??

luvinlife

Painting it black seems extreme lol.  It will never hold up.  

luvinlife

There’s a real possibility I’ll explore. Hadn’t considered that. 

davidbrooks

You all have translucent doors?

davidbrooks

For $7 you could buy the Admiral some eye shades and ear plugs and you wouldnt have to mess with the boat.

PickleRick

Outside, I have black vinyl screen over all my cabin windows.

Inside my windows are all tinted.  I also have white vinyl covers over front windows and white cloth curtains thay fold down over side windows. 

It's a cave Inside my cabin.

The admiral still complains when a light finds a crack.  I think its an admiral thing.

luvinlife

Rick I agree. It doesn’t bother me one bit. I’m up early anyway. 

Handymans342

Yes they make paint that will adhere. Plastic spray paint

boatman37

Won't work for the cabin door but the previous owner of our boat bought some cabinet shelf liner. The black rubbery mesh stuff. They cut it to the shape of our hatch windows and lays on to of the screen so it is between the screen and glass. Helps a bunch. Could probably make them for my port windows too but haven't really had a need. They look almost factory

LaRea

Paint is too permanent.  I'd go with self-stick vinyl shelf paper.  The current or next owner could remove it in five minutes if needed.  

YYZRC

Vinyl is also a lot easier and no fumes or overspray and won’t look blotchy. 

Dream_Inn

So, I have the screen door and do the exact same thing LaRea does, including the bathroom door.  Sometimes I even put up black vinyl that fits in place of where the isenglass would be, that stops it all.

You could also put up some velcro around the inside of the door and then velocro some black fabric over the doorway.  This would allow you to have light when needed and you only need to velcro it when you go to sleep.  The velcro on the doorway could be white, so it blends in.

rasbury

she needs for booze... 

skennelly

How about a curtain rod and curtains

Cableguy Greg

I had a local canvas shop make me some canvas squares that I put snaps in and mounted them to cover the port lights and the hatch. Call me crazy, but I put my cockpit cover on at night so my cabin is pitch black. My wife always sleeps in on the boat because it is so dark. I wonder if a white vinyl wrap that wasn't translucent would work on the backside of the door?

YYZRC

Cableguy Greg said:

I wonder if a white vinyl wrap that wasn't translucent would work on the backside of the door?

Yes, it would work brilliantly and is designed for just such use.  I may install on the outside, however, as I'm looking for a vinyl that is more of a snow white to match the fiberglass.

MarkB

Handymans342 said:

Yes they make paint that will adhere. Plastic spray paint

Use vinyl, less of a mess. That paint will scratch ... vinyl is easy to pull off after it's done. Paint will look crap too, with drip marks, and uneveness, unless he has a professional spray gun. Still would use vinyl all day long with this one.

MarkB

To be honest, go to a print shop, get them to do a nice white vinyl piece big enough, and put a graphic on it (boat themed?) .... or even an ocean view like this, it will look incredible, and it will block out the sun.

Handymans342

Get her a set of blinders

YYZRC

Why not the classic wolf howling at the moon? It would match the back window of my lifted 1/2 ton Chevy!

Willhound

Put your foot down and tell her that when the light wakes her up its time to get her butt out of bed and make your morning coffee for you!
Let us know how that works once you get out of the hospital.😆

luvinlife

lol. Willhound. 

rasbury

Handymans342 said:

Get her a set of blinders

That's what I thought from the start!