[Rhodes22-list] Aerobed on Board

[Bill Effros]

Chris,

Now that you've mentioned it, are there any inflatable dinghys that use 
the same valve as the Aerobed?  It doesn't seem to be a patented valve.  
I don't need an inflatable that will do 95 miles an hour, and I won't be 
carrying loads of coal, but if I could inflate a low pressure inflatable 
dinghy in less than a minute that I could easily store in the lazarette 
I probably would buy one--especially if it used the same air pump that 
comes with the Aerobed.

Don't know if you noticed, but Bill Berner, who used to be on this list, 
sent a letter to Practical Sailor recently about inexpensive inflatable 
dinghys.

Bill Effros

Chris Geankoplis wrote:

>Don't forget the Aerobed is a great water toy and liferaft too! Operators
>are standing by.
>Chris G
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>From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:23 AM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Aerobed on Board
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>>Mary Lou,
>>
>>Try this if you haven't discovered it already:
>>
>>Put a full size (54x74) Aerobed over the cushions when you are sleeping
>>in the cabin.  Get the pump that connects to 12 volts.  (All the air-bag
>>valves are the same, and all the Aerobed pumps connect to all of the
>>valves.)
>>
>>The air bag can be deployed and inflated in less than a minute.  The bag
>>slightly overhangs the starboard side of the bed, and I put beanbag
>>chairs under that lip to support it, but I don't think it really needs
>>it.  The bag conforms to the mast support in the same way a Japanese
>>woman's socks conform to her flip-flops.
>>
>>The system can be deflated and rolled back into its bag in less than 2
>>minutes.  I store it forward.
>>
>>I got it as a test for Boom-Room sleeping (obviously it easily fits in
>>the cockpit over the cockpit cushion fill-in boards) and was surprised
>>to find it also could be shoe-horned into the cabin.
>>
>>I don't sleep without it.  It's like an air-bed and a water-bed rolled
>>into one, and comfortable beyond belief.
>>
>>Bill Effros
>>
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>>Mary Lou Troy wrote:
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>>>The boom room and the pop-top enclosure are two different items. You
>>>can see them both in the picture on the General Boats website at
>>>http://www.rhodes22.com/boom_room_large.html
>>>
>>>We have a pop-top enclosure that we use nearly every weekend and can
>>>answer questions about it. I've been on a boat with the boom room up
>>>only once. It was very spacious, enclosing the entire cockpit with
>>>nearly vertical walls. If I remember correctly, the walls zipped into
>>>place and there were some sort of poles supporting the structure.
>>>
>>>Mary Lou
>>>1991 R22 Fretless
>>>Swan Creek, MD / Ft. Washington, PA
>>>
>>>
>>>At 11:04 PM 8/16/2005 -0400, you wrote:
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>>>>Does the boom room cover the poptop or is that a different item? Does
>>>>anybody have pictures of the r22 with the boom room up?
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