New boat looking for blind ideas

Here is the thread showing an overview of the blind I built. Maybe it will give you a few ideas.

Kendall

http://refugeforums.com/refuge/threads/xpress-boat-blind-build.1000055/

 

I've run quite a few blinds in 40+ years & really appreciate the Beavertail
blind I've got now.

Ringbill

 

If you are doing a hardside blind don't worry about accomodating the console, integrate it into the blind design and make it so it doesn't take up floor space.

Steal some ideas from here > http://www.sw-marine.com/gallery.html

 

<try this. I haven't watched this but recall them hunting out of this a few times and thinking it wasn't terrible. Pretty low profile too IIRC.

I like a little overhead cover myself.

 

I am in the same boat as you. I want a real low profile hard side. I like the idea of a high/low because of the behind the head, and little bit of over head concealment. Check out marshmonster's hard sided blind. I think thats the one I am going to replicate on my 1648 Alweld.

 

you can run flip panels on the low side to "hide" the holes. Where are you located in Iowa? There are several "high/low hard side" rigs located in central Iowa that guys would probably let you come look at.

 

these arn't my pictures I stole them from a Craigslist add I saw but its about as low profile as you can get.

 

If it were me I would rather have a deeper high side than a deeper low side. You could tuck yourself further up under there to get out of the weather and you wouldn't bang your chin or forehead on the lowside to reach all the way up uder that overhang.