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21-05-2011, 04:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Usually where the boat is...
Boat: Pearson 40
Posts: 553
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
Thanks all for the very good information again...
I think glass would be a bit large for a floor to ceiling mirror about 6' tall. Acrylic is definitely not cheap but I think we can do a halfway mirror made of glass that is cheaper. Thanks MJ and MarkJ!
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21-05-2011, 04:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tampa Bay area, USA
Boat: Beneteau First 42
Posts: 3,961
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
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Originally Posted by MarkJ
Sea Life has 5 glass mirrors I installed in Malaysia to replace the old ones where the silver had come off the backs.
The 5 have done us from Malaysia to the Caribbean with lots and lots of upwind thuming about
I love looking in mine! I often stay in the bathroom for hours! Somtimes days!!
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Humm...Marko, I think you've had about enough single-handing.
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21-05-2011, 12:00
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
my large glass mirror that was built into my formosa master stateroom in 1976 is 6ft X6 ft, all glass. never had a problem with it..... gooood luck.
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21-05-2011, 12:11
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SF Bay Area; Former Annapolis and MA Liveaboard.
Boat: Looking and saving for my next...mid-atlantic coast
Posts: 6,197
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
why would anyone put:
1) glass mirrors in a boat when you are damn well sure they will break in a roll and cut off someones head or just be a general safety issue if they do break?
2) make a boats interior look like some disco narcissic RV sex bus thing?
if you need light, put some ports in.
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21-05-2011, 13:06
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#20
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
Quote:
Originally Posted by SaltyMonkey
why would anyone put:
1) glass mirrors in a boat when you are damn well sure they will break in a roll and cut off someones head or just be a general safety issue if they do break?
2) make a boats interior look like some disco narcissic RV sex bus thing?
if you need light, put some ports in.
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formosas,ct, hardins, force like mine-- all were built with mirrors in the master berth.is an intersting concept--- dunno why they placed huge glass mirrors there-- but they do last nicely.....mine is 35 yrs old---1976. original. one of only things left on boat that is original, actually!!! is weird, isnt it!!
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21-05-2011, 13:32
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SF Bay Area; Former Annapolis and MA Liveaboard.
Boat: Looking and saving for my next...mid-atlantic coast
Posts: 6,197
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
I would think people would like to put up a nice bright framed painting or photograph instead of a mirror - something pastoral or to do with land.
Stain glass is neat on a boat, and i like it, but not on me boat 4 sure...not a monkey thing to sport
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06-04-2023, 16:02
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#22
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 45
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
My partner bought a largish mirror for the head door, it's glass, thin around 3 mm
She's convinced it's OK, but I'm really nervous that it could shatter underway, while someone is in the head, and should we be far from medical help - things could get serious.
Anyone else think this is a concern?
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06-04-2023, 17:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 921
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
I think it's more likely to just get broken and make a mess rather than injure someone, but why not just get one of the "unbreakable" style mirrors instead? In my head, I hang backpacks and other things that swing around madly in heavy seas, could easily see a mirror on the wall getting broken at some point.
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06-04-2023, 19:15
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Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
Boat: Tartan 3800
Posts: 4,848
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
We have a smallish (11"x14") acrylic mirror that I'm installing in the forward cabin this spring. We got the sheet from our local glass guy and put it inside a picture frame we had sitting around that looked right. It's 1/8" thick. I'm pretty confident it will work out. I tried getting a tempered glass mirror but they are no longer available. Apparently the tempering process has changed from using hanger clips to rollers and the mirror silvering tends to foul the rollers, so they can't do it any more.
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06-04-2023, 19:34
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#25
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: PNW
Boat: 35 Ft. cutter, custom
Posts: 2,314
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
Quote:
Originally Posted by dial_amonkey
My partner bought a largish mirror for the head door, it's glass, thin around 3 mm
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In the more-or-less typical boat where one sits on the loo facing inboard with the door/mirror in front of them, I would imagine the chance of breakage would be greater than if the orientation of the door/head was rotated 90 degrees, ie., sitting on the throne facing forward, either facing the door or the door off to the side.
In any case, a lay-out where the rolling motion doesn't catapult you into the door/mirror.
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06-04-2023, 19:37
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#26
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2018
Boat: 50ft Custom Fast Catamaran
Posts: 11,832
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Re: Mirrors on Boats
Zeehag! MarkJ loading the beers! Sailorgal. Where did these folks go??
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