The dodger or sprayhood side panel is fitted canvas around a rail and pocket, not a flat rectangle. It has to be cut from the supplied side, an existing panel or a full-size tracing, with installed photographs to show how the canvas actually sits. The panel measurements are in centimetres; side, pocket, colour and marking details belong in the specification fields.
Before you put a tape on anything
Before measuring, choose the supplied side or pair, then set the panel or tracing in its finished installed shape. Follow the finished canvas edges for the forward spans and stop the rail-side span at the marked panel junctions. Do not carry the tape round the curved rail bend or the aft upright, because the form excludes them. Photograph the existing panel or tracing, the installed side and the pocket construction; if you need a pair, give a reference for each side rather than mirroring.
The coded measurements
| Code | What to measure |
|---|---|
| A | Upper-forward panel corner to upper pushpit-slope junction |
| B | Straight panel-facing pushpit slope between panel junctions |
| C | Lower-forward panel corner to lower pushpit-slope junction |
| D | Lower-forward to upper-forward panel corner |
Why a pair still needs both sides
The form treats a dodger panel as fitted canvas, not a symmetrical drawing. It says production evidence is an existing panel or full-size tracing with installed photographs, and that a pair needs a reference for each side. The boundary note is just as important: the rail-side measurement stops at the marked junctions and leaves the bend and aft upright out. Mirror the panel or carry the tape round the rail and the neat value no longer describes the canvas edge.
The rule that runs through every form we print
If you aren’t sure of a bearing, leave it blank and tell us. A blank is a question we answer with one phone call. A guess is indistinguishable from a measurement, so it survives all the way to the cutting floor and comes back as a cover that doesn’t fit. Four honest numbers and a note beat five where one is fiction.
Not sure? Send a photo.
A few phone photos of your boom, frame or stowed sail answer half our questions. Send them with your enquiry and we’ll guide you through the rest — then confirm every dimension before we cut.