Designed to protect the cockpit and barter from the wind and spray, it also protects from the sun the descent, from the cockpit to the inside of the boat
Fixed on the rear balcony, it protects from the sun, in navigation only the bar. At anchorage, it may be extended by a canvas (booked with) tense forward, which is fixed by straps on the haubans, chains and/or candlesticks.