Sunroofs
Sliding Cassette Sunroofs
Trend Marine sliding glass sunroofs provide large skylight apertures, allowing light to flood in. They can be flat, single curved or double curved to allow full design freedom.
Cassette roofs are available in sizes up to 2.2m long by 1.7m wide and they are simple to build into the boat roof. They are supplied as a single 'cassette' unit including frames, moving glass, fixed glass, and motor drive. Cassette sunroof units are available in a range of standard sizes, or can be fully customisable in length, width, and curvature.
Available in 12V or 24V versions, the roof can be driven from a console-mounted rocker switch, or through a Trend controller allowing single-push logic, soft-start and torque control. A simple manual override is provided, to allow the roof to be closed in case of power failure. Manual cassette sunroofs are also available.
Glazing options for our roofs consist of a full range of tinted and solar-control reflective toughened glass.
Large Custom Systems
Trend Marine also supply custom-designed, power-driven sunroof systems for larger yachts which are typically sized 3.5m wide by 2m long.
The moving panel is made in-house from carbon fibre composite, allowing thin construction with low weight and high stiffness. Our large custom sunroofs can be offered as fully-glazed with slender carbon framework, have inset roof windows, or be a solid panel. All roofs are manufactured to suit individual customer designs, fully conforming to the boat roof surface.
The carbon may be gel-coated or clear-lacquered, with great attention to the detail of the visible fibres. Glazing panels can be tinted toughened glass, reflective toughened glass, or laminated glass to provide solar heat control.
The panel is moved on precision stainless-steel cars, running on hard-anodised tracks. A variety of drive systems are available, including stainless steel chain drives in each rail, or via a central stainless leadscrew. An electronic controller provides soft-start, soft-stop, anti-nip torque control, and programmable drive speed. It can also provide outputs to light switches, to allow for Internal electric lighting in the panel.
Drive systems can be purchased separately for customers that wish to manufacture their own roof panels, our drive systems are capable of supporting roofs up to 150kg weight.
