[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Rory, welcome to the Rhodes list! Always good to have another R22 sailor 
on the Chesapeake.

There are a lot of variations on how biminis are set up on R22s. Ours is 
fixed mount and only folds forward on the cabintop or against the raised 
pop-top. If you try to fold it backwards it leans on the winches. Some 
people have theirs on track which gives it more adjustability. Not sure how 
Bob Weber's is attached but I like the fact that it can be folded all the 
way back. Bob, care to give some specs - attachment points, type of 
attachment, size of bimini? Others have a fixed strut that hold's the 
folded bimini angled back but off the stern rail.

For the most part, I don't mind the bimini folded forward. We generally 
sail with the poptop down so on a gray windy day it provides a little extra 
splash protection to the cockpit. It's not hard to step over the struts if 
you have to go forward. When we leave the boat in its slip for the week, we 
lash it to the boom so it's not resting on anything. Ours is not too 
difficult to remove - just a couple of screws. It is kind of awkward to 
maneuver once it's off the boat though we did find we could actually stow 
it below when we stripped the boat prior to Isabel.

We have kind of a love hate relationship with the bimini. It's big and 
somewhat awkward and somewhat in the way but we wouldn't be without it on 
sunny days or on rainy days at the dock. I've attached a picture of us 
rafted with another boat so you can see the bimini lashed to the boom and 
another of us sailing in with the bimini up on the cabintop.

We sail down to Tilghman once or twice a year. The boat will be in Rock 
Hall in another few weeks if you want to see the setup.

Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Ft. Washington, PA   / Rock Hall, MD  (Swan Creek)



At 11:52 AM 4/5/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>     Hi, My name is Rory Orkin .. I live on Tilghman Island on the 
> Chesapeake Bay.. I am about to go through specs on a reconditioned boat 
> with Stan and had a few questions on the Bimini... From what I can tell, 
> The bimini is a permanant fixture which has to be leaned forward to get 
> it out of the way.. Can it be set up to be easily removed at the dock ??
>When flipped forward, is it an obstruction for the cabin hatch or access 
>to the bow ?? I assume ther e is no way to stow it on the boat  ???
>                     Thanks in advance
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