[Rhodes22-list] Fwd: bimini-awning

[Wally Buck]

Bruce/Steve,

I am pondering the same thing right now. I currently use a 6 X 8 brown poly 
tarp over the boom and four bungees. I can't sail with it up but I do use it 
when motoring on hot days or when a rain shower moves in. We also use when 
we anchor, it is not perfect but it is cheap and easy and provides shade. We 
also keep the tarp on when the boat at slip. It keeps the sun off my cabin 
hatch. They last about 6 months then I replace with new one. The silver 
tarps last longer but I had a brown one already.  Also I have furling main; 
so no chafe issues like Steve mentions. I have considered adding poles (like 
Rummy) but I haven't yet. If shade is all you want the 6 X 8 works fine. If 
you want more protection on the sides the 8 X 10 (7 X 9?) might be better.

By the way, I have used the rain fly off an old dome style tent to serve as 
a "pop top enclosure". I just laid it over the open pop top and tied down. 
No windows but it keeps rain from blowing in.

Good luck and if you come up with a good idea let us know.

Wally

>From: Steve <rhodes2282@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fwd: bimini-awning
>Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 12:50:16 -0800 (PST)
>
>Bruce
>If an awning is all your wanting; I would just use a
>6x8 or 8x10 foot tarp.  Slide it over the boom and
>streght it out and tie it off.  4 ropes on the cornors
>can be strethed forward to the upper shrounds and aft
>stern rail.  Folds up easy and cost is mimimum.
>However, the good this about a Bimini is that you can
>sail with it up.  I used a tarp several years before I
>purchased my bimini.  I have seem many types of awning
>but most folks say having to rig the main halyard to
>hold it up is a PINA.  Also, you have to watch out for
>the poles that lay over the boom that if left there
>for extended period of time will rub holes in you
>mainsail and/or cover.
>Steve
>
>
>--- CHIMNEY18@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
>
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> > From: CHIMNEY18@aol.com
> > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:48:00 EST
> > Subject: bimini-awning
> > To: rhodes22-list@rhides22..org
> >
> > I have read the recent thread on biminis with
> > interest.  I have been
> > pondering over the last year getting or making an
> > awning.  My principal
> > interest is in putting it up when using the cockpit
> > for sleeping and, on
> > occasion, when at anchor for long periods of time on
> > a sunny day.  I haven't
> > seriously considered a bimini because I haven't any
> > need for it while sailing
> > and, ideally, would like more headroom than a bimini
> > affords.  I have had
> > some difficulty, however, in figuring out the best
> > way to rig an awning.  I
> > have considered hanging it from a cleat on a partly
> > raised mast, with straps
> > or bungee cords running from the sides/corners to
> > the stern rail and
> > handholds on the cabin top.  I took all the
> > dimensions last summer but never
> > got beyond that.  I also considered the Shadetree
> > product but they utilize
> > the stanchions and I don't have lifelines on my
> > boat.  Has anyone succesfully
> > rigged an awning they could describe here?
> >
> > Bruce Greenwald
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