[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Installation

[Leland]

Caesar,

Caesar,

About that link, I'm a little electronically-impaired.  When I copied the
link I included the http:// which added it twice when I posted it.  Not the
first time I've done that.

Still planning the San Juan cruise for June?

Lee



Caesarsailor wrote:
> 
> Hi Leland,
> Looking good in the hammock, looking good in the boat.  The boat seems to
> make a lot of people look just cool.
>  
> I just had a quick look at my boat, and my genoa tracks run all the way
> back, about 3ft aft of the winch.  Based on that look I might do a fixed
> hinge installation like you. After I offer up the bimini and get a visual,
> I will have a better sense of how to install it.
>  
> Thanks for giving me a heads up about my picture on the Lewis & Clark
> Sailing Club Website.  I had no idea it was there.  For some reason the
> links you sent would not open, but I went to the Clubs website and found
> one of the pictures.
>  
> These guys do a lot of racing and I think I will join the club; the folks
> are fun and there is a lot of experience people in the club.  I have a
> slip at the Conkling Park Marina, which is on the southern end of Lake
> Coeur d' Elene.  Here I will do most of my sailing and overnighting; its
> just prettier, with a lot more quiet coves, but I will crew for other
> racers at the Lewis & Clark Sailing Club and learn from them.  
>  
> At some point before the season is over, I will race against them in my
> boat, and see where my skill level is.
>  
> Caesar
>  
>  
> Caesar
> --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Installation
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 12:20 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Caesar,
> 
> The handsome fellow 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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