Tigerr

The new to us boat has quite a high cratch deck, and a low cratch height. It's got a cover, with a single zip. It's very cramped to get in and out of, and rolling the cover right back to the beam is a faff. Neither of us is as flexible as we used to be. Anyway, had an edge scrape in Husbands Bosworth tunnel a few days ago, entirely my own fault, and the cover is damaged. To repair, and insert another zip to open it all the way up, is quite expensive in itself. So I am thinking of remodelling the cratch so it works better for us. My idea is to raise the front centre by about 8 inches, fabricating a hardwood surround to fit onto the existing cratch front, with long tapered infils down the sides to take a nice triangular profile up, still inside the 'bridge hole curve'. Likewise a new higher back roof piece profiling down to meet the rails. Then get a new cover made to fit, zipping right up so one can enter easily, and indeed stand. Yes it will be higher than the boat roof, but in sympathy, perhaps a bit more of a lump at the front, but still aesthetically ok. Currently the boat's air draft seems very average if not a bit lower than many other boats I see. The boat next door looks to have about a 12" higher front peak. I used to cruise the old boat with curved profile top boxes that put 10 inches on, and never had a problem with bridges, branches etc in 10 years. But, the front end is more sensitive. Is there any reason what I am thinking of is a bad idea?