How to Install Windscreens on a Boat

You'll look "wind-blown" enough from an outing on a boat, even if you have a windscreen. If you don't have a windscreen, you'll be both disheveled and soaking wet, so adding a windscreen is advantageous. When you install a windscreen on a boat, you must remember that the joint between the windscreen and the boat is a seam that can leak. Applying a layer of caulk stops this minor inconvenience, just as the windscreen helps keep you dry.

Things You'll Need

  • Windscreen kit
  • China marker
  • Drill
  • Adhesive marine silicone caulk
  • Putty knife
  • Phillips screwdriver
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place the windscreen in the position where you wish to attach it on the boat. Push a china marker through the mounting bores to mark their location on the boat. Remove the windscreen from the boat.

    • 2

      Drill 1/8-inch pilot holes at the locations marked for the mounting screws that come with the windshield. Place the windscreen in position on the boat.

    • 3

      Spread a thin coating of adhesive marine silicone caulk on the putty knife to the bottom of the windscreen gasket. Position the windscreen grommet on the boat, and align it with the pilot holes in the boat.

    • 4

      Position the windscreen over the gasket, and align the windscreen with the pilot holes. Insert the mounting screws through the mounting screw grommets, and thread the screws into the pilot holes. Tighten the screws securely with a Phillips screwdriver.

    • 5

      Position the windscreen screw caps on the heads of the screws. Tap the caps with the handle of the screwdriver to secure them in place.