[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question

[Mary Lou Troy]

Ah but of course! You have the longer genoa tracks. Ours (for our 175) stop just short of the winch. The devil is in the (very subtle) details!.

Mary Lou

>From: Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com>
>Date: Wed Apr 05 13:54:59 CDT 2006
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question

>Mary Lou, I have never needed the fairlead that far aft with the Genny 
>(150).  I would think I would need to use that portion of the track with a 
>spinaker but that purchase is still pending.  With it bimini folded and 
>moved aft the connector is about a foot aft of the winch.  I race in a "non 
>spinaker' fleet but there is no penality for using the Bin-a-ker as we call 
>it.  Bob
>
>
>>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: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question
>>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:49:41 -0500 (CDT)
>>
>>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
>> >
>> >
>> >>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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