[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question

[Mary Lou Troy]

Thanks Bob, do you ever find the bimini and the fairlead competing for the same real estate? I imagine that the bimini socket doesn't take up too much space on the track. We do use our fairleads all the way aft with both the genoa and the UPS.

BTW - another reason for the love hate relationship with the bimini is the amount of windage it creates. In the picture I sent of us sailing into an anchorage, the reason the bimini was folded on such a bright afternoon was that we had just sailed up the Chester in a steadily building breeze - I think we were getting gusts around 20 knots. The higher the windspeed and the more you have the sails reefed, the larger windage factor the open bimini becomes. We find the boat sails better in high winds with the bimini folded up.

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


>From: Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com>
>Date: Wed Apr 05 13:16:53 CDT 2006
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question

>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.
>
>Mary Lou,  My bimini is on the tracks for my genny fairlead.  It slides 
>farward as far as the fairlead.  The tubing goes into a socket which is 
>attached to the track.  Bob
>
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>>From: Mary Lou Troy <mltroy at verizon.net>
>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question
>>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:05:05 -0400
>>
>>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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