[ham] RE: [Rhodes22-list] Traveling bimini, and let the questions begin.

Michael Meltzer mjm at michaelmeltzer.com
Tue Oct 7 04:45:46 EDT 2003


the track mounts are a PITA, stan has some nice hardware but you are to cut glass to install.

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Schultz" <BenS at ApproSystems.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: [ham] RE: [Rhodes22-list] Traveling bimini, and let the questions begin.


> Rummy, that son of a gun didn't budge.  I pushed close to 90 mph for 8
> hours, but I couldn't move it.  I'm tempted to take it to the lake next
> weekend on top of the VW Beetle, just for the sake of the challenge.
> (Well...maybe not...)
> 
> I've been meaning to take the time to confirm for everyone what a fantastic
> host Rummy is.  We had a perfect sailing day -- great temperature, fine
> wind, and flowing rum.  I have never been much of a rum drinker, but now
> that I've had Mt. Gay, I'll be adding a bottle to my bar.  I hope you will
> find your way in this direction and give me the chance to reciprocate.
> 
> I didn't have any mounting hardware in there, but I looked at a lot of the
> pictures on the web site last night, and I think I've got some of what I
> need already on Velvet Elvis.  So, here are the armchair questions that I
> have, based on this picture:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/Gallant1.jpg
> 
> 1.  There are lines going forward and aft from each side that connect to
> small eye-bolts.  I am pretty certain that I have the eye-bolts already
> attached.  Are these nylon straps, regular line, bungee cords, or something
> else?
> 
> 2.  How are the main tubes attached to the gunnel?  They appear in the
> picture to be attached to the fairlead track somehow, but I can't really
> tell for sure.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> R22 Velvet Elvis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com [mailto:R22RumRunner at aol.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 3:00 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Traveling bimini.
> 
> 
> Hey Ben, just wondering if you made it home with your bimini intact?
> 
> Rummy
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