[Rhodes22-list] Boom Room

[stan]

Slim, it was designed to not have the slots for the stays.  The lower aft 
shrouds,  that would indeed have interfered with the assembly and the 
topping lift, were meant to be disconnected (with fastpins on these two 
particular shrouds) and they were meant to be left unattached while the 
Boom Room is up and the topping left was meant to be attached to the cleat 
on the side of the mast.  That will be $1.98 royalty.

stan/gbi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Room


> Here are some shots of mine.  Let's talk design.  First, it's made out
> of dacron sailcloth--not canvass.  You assemble the frame made of 1"
> PVC pipe and attach the roof which hangs from the boom and
> height-adjusted with the topping lift.  Then you attach whatever side
> panels you want.  You can choose anything from just the roof for a sun
> shade to fully enclosed with either screen windows or solid all the way
> around.  With the rear panel off, I can stand up on the laz and cook on
> the stern-mounted grill.  Otherwise it's standing head room in the
> cockpit.  The frame comes apart and stores in a bundle and a long bag
> like tent poles.  It's about five feet long and we keep it on the port
> shelf in the V berth.  The cloth is folded up and bagged about the size
> of a small beach ball and we keep it in the laz next to the pop top
> enclosure.  Yes, we have both and use both depending on the situation.
> To clarify--we don't use both at the same time although we could.
> There's no interference or connections between the two.
>
> A couple minor drawbacks to our boom room:  The forward side panels
> snap down along the outside of the rails maximizing the room inside.
> Unlike the pop top encl which snaps down on the side of the cabin.
> This means the aft lower shrouds are in the way.  So we cut slots in
> the roof to go around the shrouds and sewed in velcro flaps to close
> the slots.  It works but it's not fully bug proof and leaks a little
> water when it rains.  However, the water leaks onto the side decks and
> runs off.  The cockpit and cabin stay dry.  It's also difficult to get
> to the fore deck when it's fully assembled.  You have to duck and crawl
> along the side decks.  Good thing I'm slim.
>
> It takes 10 or 15 minutes to set up and about 5 to tear down.  I don't
> know why any manufacturer would need to have the boat to make this.
> Just duplicate the dimensions of the panels.  Just the snap placement
> is customized to your own boat, the same as we now do with the PTE.
>
> It might be better if the two WERE integrated.  You set up the pop top
> encl first and then add the boom room if needed.  It would attach to
> the PTE and would require less frame and less cloth than mine and there
> would be no interference with the shrouds.  And easier to get to the
> foredeck.  It would not extend all the way to the mast as mine does,
> rather it would just continue aft from the PTE.  But I'd stick to the
> PVC frame.  It's cheap and easy to fabricate replacement pieces if
> anything breaks.
>
> Slim
>
>
>


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