We live in Port Owen South Africa and bought Helene de Mer because we love sailing and she is the prettiest boat we have seen. I have logged over 65,000 sea miles in several ocean crossings. My hobby is the restoration of Helene de Mer.
Now that I have seen your purpose built cockpit screens, I have an explanation for some of the mysterious holes in the coach roof. Helene de Mer has led a very busy life and has had the odd coming to gether I can see, but because Toni is sensitive to sun rays, we had to have protection over the cockpit. At that time I was not aware of any other Nic 38 owners so I made my own solution as can be seen. We are very happy with it. The original cockpit screen do look very good.