[Rhodes22-list] Boom Room Update as of April 2nd

Mon Apr 3 23:27:47 EDT 2006

Thanks, Slim

The boom is suspended from the back stay assemble.  Someone mentioned a concern about a break in the topping lift.  The back panels snap to the top.  I used a zipper on each side to fasten the side curtain.  Very secure, BTW Bill's suggestion.  

The tiller is secured to the sides and could be lifted to the boom for access to the laz.

The front ripstop is secured to the PTE snaps at the bottom and the front of the top and the boom on the top.  There are snap-on panels to each side of the PT.  The clear plastic will be an option, or the PTE can be used.  The area with the plastic will be Sunbrella like material.  The individual pieces are not fixed to one-another, mainly for ease of setup, breaking down, and storage.

The side panels are loosened with a line either from the cockpit or from the deck to make it easy to shift on deck.

Setting the boom room in steps will make it much easier to do, maybe using the top only while cooking or having a brew in the evening in the cockpit.  It will enhance ventilation to keep some opening in the stern curtains.

Your input appreciated, Slim, especially as you are well familiar with a boom room already.  

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Slim <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Sent: Apr 3, 2006 6:21 PM
>To: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Room Update as of April 2nd
>
>Art,
>
>Way to go!  You're doing a good job on this.  Your design looks like it's
>less complicated and easier to set up than mine.
>
>A few questions:  It looks like your main sheet is a little slack.  What's
>going on there?  Is it the back panel itself that tensions against the
>topping lift?  
>
>You've probably answered this before but how are the side and back panels
>attached to the roof?
>
>I like the slot cutout for the tiller, but that means it has to be
>stabilized inside the tent, right?  In doing so, can you still access the
>laz?
>
>In the shot of the bow, I'm not sure what I'm looking at.  I see what looks
>like some clear plastic and some blue rip stop across the front of the PT.
>Is that integrated with the main structure?
>
>How easy is it to step out of the cockpit onto the side decks if you want to
>go out to the bow? 
>
>Keep up the good work!

>
>Slim
>
>On 4/2/06 8:04 PM, "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Dave B.
>> 
>> Attaching these photos for you to see.  The prototype was completed yesterday,
>> with 4" pole length, as you suggested for storage and transport.  I am used to
>> the rig, but it seems quite easy to set up for me.  Should not be a problem
>> for the 'chicks', to quote our esteemed musical ambassador - who we have not
>> heard from for some time.
>> 
>> Keep us posted on your trip to E, my own postponed for a few weeks with a sick
>> FIL in Texas.  
>> 
>> Best to you.  I envy your Seattle move.  When we lived in Portland a few years
>> ago, they insisted it was God's country, confirmed with the tithe for state
>> income tax.  Now in Washington you have all this, but with no income tax at
>> all!  How about retirement sites, neighbors?  B T W Georgia is about to exempt
>> the first $75,000 for senior retirees, too many have been lost to TN and FL...
>> Savannah bound...
>> 
>> Best to you,
>> 
>> Art
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Mar 22, 2006 9:39 PM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Room Update
>>> 
>>> Building on Bill's comments... thanks to Art for coming forward with a way
>>> to get this done.  Stan has been a little backlogged on mail so we're
>>> waiting to define the next steps.  I'm glad Stan is feeling better and
>>> building boats, and I know we'll hear when he's ready.  Just wanted to
>>> 'splain why we went a little dark on this subject.
>>> 
>>> Dave B.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 3/22/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dave,
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