[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Installation

Sat Mar 21 11:35:29 EDT 2009

Leland,

The San Juan Cruise is definitely on.  My son has a live in Football Camp during the week of the cruise - June 14 to 21, that means my Admiral would be able to accompany me.  Promises to be a lot of fun.

You can only imagine how I am looking forward to this sail.  You see, I have never sailed in the ocean before, and am looking forward to riding over the waves, and paying attention to tides and currents, things that are mostly non factors in our lakes.

I need to Chris and the rest of the guys a hail and see how they are doing.  Chris is doing a overhaul of his boat and I am looking forward to meeting him and hearing of his many sailing adventures.

Jay and Julia have their boat moored on Orcas Island, and they have invited us to spend an evening with them.

You can map-quest of google the San Juan Islands to get a sense of the area.  Lots of places to sail with lush green, snow caps mountain tops always in view.  

There is an open invitation to all, and as they say " The road to a friend is never long."

Caesar
--- On Sat, 3/21/09, 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: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 4:56 AM

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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