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    So I got a text from my neighbor yesterday after leaving for work. He texted me at 10:30am...”dude, what did you do to your boat”. My reply..”what do you mean?” He replies back with this picture.



    My reply “ WTF?” It was not like that when I left for work. So I got on my camera system which covers the boat. At 10:10am, the cam shows the boat sleeping peacefully with the window intact then skips to 10:15am and shows the window shattered. Now keep in mind the cameras are on motion detection and they are quite sensitive. I continue to view as much footage as I can and I see no one around the boat before or after those times...no kids playing, no one walking in either direction, nothing? It’s like the window just spontaneously shattered! There was nothing in the boat like a rock, brick, BB...nothing but glass.

    Of course, we had it out the night before so I didn’t have the cover on it as I usually let it air out overnight. I’m really at a loss here. The only explanation I can come up with that makes the most sense is the window was facing the upcoming sun which may have heated the glass. Then maybe, just maybe the glass was under some tension. I know this is far fetched as I do have 5 min of unseen time but also knowing the cameras would have kicked on if they saw movement, I have to follow the old saying from Spock “Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

    Anyway, it really doesn’t matter how it broke, all I know is that I need a new windshield. One is being packaged up at Tige for me now and hopefully will be on its way next week...at a price of course. Just thought I would share.


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    Last edited by wired1236; 06-15-2019, 02:24 PM.

    #2
    That is a bummer and very odd. I like your registration letters. Where did you get them?

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      #3
      Thanks. 3dlettering.com. Easy order and install it’s the second set I’ve got from them.


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        #4
        That looks like an impact, not thermal stress. Thermal stress would have given you spider cracks across the whole surface, but not likely the big hole. Could some jerk have just come along and whacked it? Or some kid's baseball that they then came and retrieved, leaving you nothing but glass shards as evidence?

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          #5
          Originally posted by IDBoating View Post
          That looks like an impact, not thermal stress. Thermal stress would have given you spider cracks across the whole surface, but not likely the big hole. Could some jerk have just come along and whacked it? Or some kid's baseball that they then came and retrieved, leaving you nothing but glass shards as evidence?
          Ya. That’s the general theory but it just so odd the cams didn’t pick anything up?

          Got it cleaned up today in prep for the new window. What a mess! I just need to confirm what’s coming as far as the assembly. I’m assuming I have to take off the whole frame and side window as they glue in the sides of the windows to the side frames.


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            #6
            Order one as quick as you can from a dealer. Get new screws and nuts as well. You will have to pull that whole windshield off on the starboard side.
            Oh Yeah!

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              #7
              ...and then this happened?

              Kool. I ordered one Friday from Tony. He’s says you have it in stock so I have him the go ahead. I also sent you an email about it to see what would be coming so I can prepare the install. That was my question, what’s all coming. Just the window or the whole frame. It sounds like the whole assembly which is good. Much easier than to install (and for that price I hoped so).


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                #8
                Parts questions I forward to other people this time of year

                You can install it. I believe its a PCMW windshield so all of the bolt holes will line up.
                Oh Yeah!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by KoolAid View Post
                  Parts questions I forward to other people this time of year

                  You can install it. I believe its a PCMW windshield so all of the bolt holes will line up.
                  Ya, I bet...sorry, didn't mean to assume you know all of everything that's going on at Tige but at times it sure seems like you do

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                    #10
                    I had the rear window of my car do that once. It was from an industrial lawn mower that flung a rock at it. Any chance that happened here?

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by JohnnieMo View Post
                      I had the rear window of my car do that once. It was from an industrial lawn mower that flung a rock at it. Any chance that happened here?
                      Nope. The cameras were blank right before and after.


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                        #12
                        Meteorite........it happens. ��

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                          #13
                          I love the Meteorite. Go with that story. Boat just sitting in driveway and ...... out of the sky there was a light...... and BAM the boat got hit by a Meteorite. Love it go with that one.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by wired1236 View Post
                            Nope. The cameras were blank right before and after.


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                            My first thought was Ninjas. I bet the Ninja did a flying side kick into your camera and then mad crazy moves with a set of nunchucks which took out the windshield. Maybe he mistook it for an evil samurai?
                            Oh Yeah!

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                              #15
                              Man that sucks! Bummer. I had a family member that bought a new dodge 3500 back in 2007. She was sitting in it with it off and the passenger window just shattered like that. Knowing that nothing hit it she called the dealer and told them what happened. They told her it was a common problem, the windows just break for no reason other than they don't fit the frames very well. They replaced it under warranty might be the same issue here but likely an uphill battle if there aren't more incidents like that. Of course if someone's window breaks while its being towed they are just going to assume a rock broke it.

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