It's been raining here today, so I haven't been able to work on my new boat flooring. Rather than waste the day, I decided to go ahead and put in the new windshield. I measured the opening, and was disappointed to find that it isn't square. I taped a piece of paper over the opening and traced a template for the new piece.

I bought a piece of glass and a new glass cutter..taped the template to the new piece, scored for the first cut and SMASH!!!!! my new windshield was in pieces all over the garage floor.

Out of frustration I decided to just use lexan..it's stronger, cheaper and easier to work with than tempered glass. It's virtually unbreakable, so this shouldn't be a problem again. The only possible problem is that it may scratch over time...but at only 12 bucks for a piece big enough to use as a replacement..I can always do it again when necessary.

You can't really see it in this picture....but that's kind of the point, isn't it?