[Rhodes22-list] Pop top enclosure question

[peter beckerman]

 I haven't yet cruised in my Rhodes, but have done some on  larger boats.  I can easily imagine the fish bowl feeling you describe.  I'll talk to my Taylor about privacy screens.  I may try to find an automotive pop up windshield sun blocker for the big front window and have the sides sewn on.  Might Be easier and cheaper.
Thanks for your help Peter 
    On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 02:22:38 PM EDT, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:  
 
 Peter,
My clear vinyl side windows have straps and snaps to hold them in a rolled up state.  My front windows don’t open.  The clear vinyl front windows are fixed.  However, they do have interior privacy screens with straps and snaps to hold them open.  I can unzip the zipper in the front of the pop top enclosure canvas to allow for some flow thru ventilation.  Of course, doing that compromises the bug proof integrity of the pop top enclosure.  If I could change anything about the pop top enclosure, I would make the front windows like the side windows with screens, roll up clear vinyl windows, and roll up interior privacy screens.
Yes, I always thought the interior privacy screens were a strange thing to make optional.  If you’ve ever cruised overnight on the boat, you won’t consider them optional.  In a crowded marina, with bigger boats docked all around and looking down into your cabin, you’ll feel like you’re in a fish bowl without them!
Roger Pihlaja S/V Dynamic Equilibrium 1978.  Sanford, MI
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On Aug 1, 2024, at 2:01 PM, peter beckerman <recorderguy2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:



Thanks Roger,   My windows already have Velcro all the way around.
Peter 


On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 10:38:01 AM EDT, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

Hi Peter,

If you are going to have a boat canvas shop install privacy screens on your pop top enclosure; then, you should also have them install Velcro strips on the outside vinyl windows.  The vinyl windows overlap the sides of the pop top enclosure.  The overlap functions as a sort of storm flap.  However, if you get a strong wind driven rain from the bow or the stern, the vinyl windows will lift up.  You will get a pretty big leak around the windows.  Since the port side window is right above my berth, this leak was a pretty big deal!  A few strips of Velcro on the edge of the windows will stop the leaks.  The Velcro will also stop wind driven flapping and make the pop top enclosure quieter.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
1978. Sanford, MI
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> On Aug 1, 2024, at 1:23 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
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> Hi Peter,
>
> On my pop top enclosure, there are privacy screens on the inside that roll down like the clear vinyl windows on the outside.  Those straps you are asking about are for securing the privacy screens in the up position.  I think the privacy screens were an extra cost option at one point and your pop top does not have them.  A good boat canvas shop should be able to make you a set and install them on your pop top.  We find them very useful, especially when staying overnight in a crowded marina.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 1978. Sanford, MI
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 31, 2024, at 10:13 PM, peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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>> Hi All  On my pop top enclosure there are six plastic strips with button fasteners on the ends.  They hang down from the inside ceiling with two by each window and two more in front of the door.  With the door unzipped and rolled up the two strips loop around the door and snap into matching buttons on the top of the enclosure on the companion way hatch.  This keeps the door nicely out of the way, and is how I think these strips were designed to be used.  But what of strips by the windows?  What are they intended for?  At first glance I assumed they were to be used, like the door, to hold the windows open to allow the breeze into the cabin, but they are on the inside and the screens are sewn shut.  So what purpose do they serve?    Does anyone have this same configuration on their pop top enclosure?  What do you do with there strips?
>> Thanks,Peter
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