[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Installation

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I hope the following is of some help: I installed over 5 years ago 1 inch  by 
3 foot aluminum tracks 1/2 inch away from the genoa tracks. My bimini slides  
on nylon sliders with locks fore and aft. Easily permitting me to provide 
cabin  entrance cover, central cockpit or helm cover as desired. It also has 
provided  me the storage option of cabin top or backstay/pulpit storage.  It's  
adjustment time is little more than a minute. The fore and aft straps I replaced 
 by shock cord of sufficient length and strength to maintain my various 
position  changes.
 If anyone is interested, I will post photos when Golden Snooch comes  out of 
hibernation, sheds her cocoon and is dockside. That hopefully will be in  4 
weeks.
 
Burt
82 Rhodes  22
Southold,  NY.
 
 
w relaxed in the hammock is me.  Stan installed the  bimini
without putting it on the Genoa track.  It's never been in the  way, but you
do need to remember to run the sheets inside or outside the  bimini supports
when running the sheets between the shrouds.

Using the  Genoa tracks makes sense to me for flexibility.  I can't think of
any  problems, but maybe someone who has done it can tell you of  any
negatives.  

I don't like drilling holes in my boat but Stan  installed it in the ideal
location.  When deployed it matches up  perfectly with the open poptop.  When
stored it leans just right against  the aft end of the poptop or lays well on
the closed poptop.  

I  rarely use my bimini, but it really adds to the ambience of your  cockpit.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island,  MD

p.s.  Nice goatee in the picture at your sailing club, but  doesn't look  very
military.
http://http://www.lcsailing.org/LCSA/Blog/Entries/2009/2/8_LCSA_Meeting_Min%E2
%80%99s_2_5.html
http://http://www.lcsailing.org/LCSA/Blog/Entries/2009/2/8_LCSA_Meeting_Min%E2
%80%99s_2_5.html  



Caesarsailor wrote:
> 
>  
>  Guys,
>  
> I have a bimini to install, and have noticed that  some have installed
> theirs on the genoa track, and others have installed  theirs on the
> gunnel.  I like the genoa track installation because  you can slide it
> forward or backwards according to storage  needs.  The gunnel installation
> requires drilling holes and  fixed fittings on which the bimini hinges.
>  
> What are  the advantages and disadvantages of the different options?  How
>  much does the track installation interfere with genoa sheeting
>  adjustments?  Also, where can one find the genoa track fittings for  the
> bimini?
>  
> Attached are pictures of the two  options, one picture is Mary Lou's
> Fretless.
>  
>  Thanks for your thoughts.
>  
> Caesar
> Gentle  Breeze
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