[Rhodes22-list] Boom Tents the $60.00 bimini

[butterchurn]

How hilarious!  I need one for my dog.  She won't go out when it is raining!

Ron
s/v Ozone


Leland wrote:
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Chris Cowie
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:28 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Tents the $60.00 bimini
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> Lee
> That's pretty slick.  I need one for my dog.  He wouldn't go out to pee in
> the rain this morning.
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> Chris Cowie
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Leland wrote:
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>> John,
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>> Pretty impressive--especially for the price.
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>> 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.
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>> For the scorching days adrift without wind I think an adjustable umbrella
>> would have been fine:
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>> 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 
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>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>> Kent Island, MD
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>> butterchurn wrote:
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>>> John
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>>> Very cool!
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>>> Ron
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>>> John Shulick wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>>  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  
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>>>> John Shulick wrote:
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>>>>> butterchurn wrote:
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>>>>>> 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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