[Rhodes22-list] Boom Tents the $60.00 bimini

[Leland]

John,

Pretty impressive--especially for the price.

I like Stan's bimini which is very similar to yours but I rarely use it for
my daysailing needs unless my wife is with me.  I like to stand while I'm
sailing and I think it would have been better for me had I installed it more
forward so that it would cover the crew and not me.

For the scorching days adrift without wind I think an adjustable umbrella
would have been fine:

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406|552|322400|1301452&id=1871659
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406|552|322400|1301452&id=1871659 

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD



butterchurn wrote:
> 
> John
> 
> Very cool!
> 
> Ron
> 
> John Shulick wrote:
>> 
>> Let's try this again,
>> 
>> Hello all here is my humble solution to the Bimini. Materials include a
>> 8'X10' tarp 5 1/2" PVC poles 10' long 6 90* Ells 12 45* Ells 4 1/4 X 2"
>> eyehooks and a dozen bungie cords. Place 3 PVC poles in 8' pickup bed and
>> leave in sun for a week. Loops for tarp can be made on a standard sewing
>> machine. Assemble according to picts provided and you'll figure it out.
>> The overhang is good for rainy nights. This Idea could also work with a
>> 10' X 10' kitchen fly to cover the whole cockpit and provide insect
>> cover.
>> 
>>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0013.jpeg 
>>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0015.jpeg 
>>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0016.jpeg 
>>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0018.jpg  
>> 
>> John Shulick wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> butterchurn wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I was wondering if you could share with me your ideas for boom tents,
>>>> etc. or photos of how you set up your cockpit for sleeping.  I plan on
>>>> regularly spending nights on Ozone this year and I really don't fit
>>>> into the main cabin too well.  I'm a tall dude.  When I bought Ozone
>>>> from Mark, he already had the fill in cushions and boards to make a
>>>> sleeping area in the cockpit.  
>>>> 
>>>> I have been thinking about various arrangements including just throwing
>>>> a tarp over the boom and Bimini creating a tent of sorts.
>>>> 
>>>> What do you folks do?
>>>> 
>>>> Ron
>>>> s/v Ozone
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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