[Rhodes22-list] Biminis on tracks

[Bill Berner]

Lloyd -

Don't mind at all.  Didn't realize it was a response to me!  They are great
shots, and I'm jealous.

Stan apparently doesn't have any more, or is (reasonably) holding them in
reserve for the boats he's building/recycling.

The alternative seems to be getting "bimini tracks" and slides which are
available from WM and putting more junk on the gunnels.

Haven't gotten around to it but expect to do so.

Will post my experience when complete.

Thanks again for the pix.

BB

Bill Berner
191 South Broadway
Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706
 
v 914 478 2896
f 914 478 3856
e BBerner at optonline.net
 

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Ed,

I only know that my track width is, or was. standard GB issue.  the reason I
put the pictures in this list is because Bill Berner asked me about the
cars.  Since there seems to be a general interest or curiosity about movable
Bimini mounts I am posting the correspondence with Bill before I took the
pictures.  Hope you don't mind, Bill!

Lloyd
s/v Uhuru II

----- Original Message -----
From: "lcrowther" <lcrowther at cox.net>
To: <bberner at optonline.net>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Biminis on tracks


> Bill,
>
> The car is made of a black plastic block with a groove on the bottom and
> lips at the bottom of the groove sides which will fit under the track.
(You
> have to take off one stop, located at the ends of each the track, to fit
> each block onto its track.)  On the top of the block, mounted by two
screws,
> is the same fitting that looks as if it could be positioned on the deck as
a
> fixed-position Bimini mount.  This fitting, which is screwed to the top of
> the block, has a slot on top that takes the fitting tongue located at the
> bottom of the Bimini tubing.  The slot on the top of the fitting that is
> screwed on the top of the block has a screw hole through both sides; a
screw
> goes through one hole of this car fitting, through the hole in the tongue
of
> the Bimini pipe fitting, and through the hole in the other side car
fitting.
> The whole black plastic car unit is apparently made especially for Stan,
he
> had a whole bin full of them in April of 2002.
>
> Sorry this explanation is so convoluted, hope you can figure it out.
>
> Lloyd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Berner" <bberner at optonline.net>
> To: "'lcrowther'" <lcrowther at cox.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 7:37 AM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Biminis on tracks
>
>
> Lloyd -
>
> What does the lead car look like?
>
> I can't see how the end fitting on the bimini would mount to any of the
> cars/fittings that are in the WM catalog.
>
> Thanks.
>
> BB
>
> Bill Berner
> 191 South Broadway
> Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706
>
> v 914 478 2896
> f 914 478 3856
> e BBerner at optonline.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lcrowther [mailto:lcrowther at cox.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:09 AM
> To: bberner at optonline.net; The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Biminis on tracks
>
> Bill,
>
> Last spring I went down to GB and bought a used Bimini from Stan.  I also
> bought two (Bimini Mounting?) cars that I mounted on the Genoa lead car
> tracks in front of the Genoa leads.  My track goes well back of my winches
> and is very long but when I looked at the boats Stan had in for
repair,etc.
> the track layouts came in several configurations.  When my Bimini is
folded
> down I push the Bimini cars forward so the folded down Bimini crosses the
> cabin roof far enough forward so it does not interfere with the access
> below.  I seldom use my Bimini under sail; under power, in my slip, or at
> anchor it is great.
>
> Lloyd
> s/v Uhuru II
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Berner" <bberner at optonline.net>
> To: <Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:20 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Biminis on tracks
>
>
> Last year we got a bimini from GB.
>
>
>
> I'm interested in mounting it on a track, in the hopes that I'll be able
to
> slide it forward some in order to make it easier to sit up on the gunnels
> when the boat is heeled over.  As set now it is really in the way, and
also
> a bit in the way of the genoa sheets if the fairleads are set close to the
> winches.
>
>
>
> So my question is - anybody else got theirs on tracks.  Do you use the
genoa
> lead car track, and if so with what hardware.  Do you use a separate
bimini
> track outboard or inboard of the genoa track?
>
>
>
> As Rumsfeld said, there are things we know, things we know we don't know,
> and things we don't know that we don't know.  Applies to me with this
> question.  All help appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> BB
>
>
>
> Bill Berner
>
> 191 South Broadway
>
> Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706
>
>
>
> v 914 478 2896
>
> f 914 478 3856
>
> e BBerner at optonline.net
>
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