[Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question

[Mary Lou Troy]

Art,
Nope. Ours has fixed fittings outside of the track. I have seen boats with 
a separate track for the bimini - can't remember for sure if it was inside 
or outside of the genoa track. I like the idea of Bob's set-up with the 
fitting for the bimini sharing the track with the genoa fairlead but it 
would work better on a boat with track that goes further aft than ours 
does. Ours stops short of the winch.

Mary Lou

At 10:59 PM 4/5/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Mary Lou,
>
>Do you have your bimini mounted to the track?  Please how, even a snap if 
>possible.
>
>I have been trying to figure how best to accomplish this feat.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Art
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mary Lou Troy <mltroy at verizon.net>
> >Sent: Apr 5, 2006 2:49 PM
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question
> >
> >Thanks Bob, do you ever find the bimini and the fairlead competing for 
> the same real estate? I imagine that the bimini socket doesn't take up 
> too much space on the track. We do use our fairleads all the way aft with 
> both the genoa and the UPS.
> >
> >BTW - another reason for the love hate relationship with the bimini is 
> the amount of windage it creates. In the picture I sent of us sailing 
> into an anchorage, the reason the bimini was folded on such a bright 
> afternoon was that we had just sailed up the Chester in a steadily 
> building breeze - I think we were getting gusts around 20 knots. The 
> higher the windspeed and the more you have the sails reefed, the larger 
> windage factor the open bimini becomes. We find the boat sails better in 
> high winds with the bimini folded up.
> >
> >Mary Lou
> >1991 R22  Fretless
> >Ft. Washington, PS / Rock Hall, MD (Swan Creek)
> >
> >
> >>From: Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com>
> >>Date: Wed Apr 05 13:16:53 CDT 2006
> >>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question
> >
> >>Bob, care to give some specs - attachment points, type of attachment, size
> >>of bimini? Others have a fixed strut that hold's the folded bimini angled
> >>back but off the stern rail.
> >>
> >>Mary Lou,  My bimini is on the tracks for my genny fairlead.  It slides
> >>farward as far as the fairlead.  The tubing goes into a socket which is
> >>attached to the track.  Bob
> >>
> >>
> >>>From: Mary Lou Troy <mltroy at verizon.net>
> >>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bimini Question
> >>>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:05:05 -0400
> >>>
> >>>Hi Rory, welcome to the Rhodes list! Always good to have another R22 
> sailor
> >>>on the Chesapeake.
> >>>
> >>>There are a lot of variations on how biminis are set up on R22s. Ours is
> >>>fixed mount and only folds forward on the cabintop or against the raised
> >>>pop-top. If you try to fold it backwards it leans on the winches. Some
> >>>people have theirs on track which gives it more adjustability. Not 
> sure how
> >>>Bob Weber's is attached but I like the fact that it can be folded all the
> >>>way back. Bob, care to give some specs - attachment points, type of
> >>>attachment, size of bimini? Others have a fixed strut that hold's the
> >>>folded bimini angled back but off the stern rail.
> >>>
> >>>For the most part, I don't mind the bimini folded forward. We generally
> >>>sail with the poptop down so on a gray windy day it provides a little 
> extra
> >>>splash protection to the cockpit. It's not hard to step over the 
> struts if
> >>>you have to go forward. When we leave the boat in its slip for the 
> week, we
> >>>lash it to the boom so it's not resting on anything. Ours is not too
> >>>difficult to remove - just a couple of screws. It is kind of awkward to
> >>>maneuver once it's off the boat though we did find we could actually stow
> >>>it below when we stripped the boat prior to Isabel.
> >>>
> >>>We have kind of a love hate relationship with the bimini. It's big and
> >>>somewhat awkward and somewhat in the way but we wouldn't be without it on
> >>>sunny days or on rainy days at the dock. I've attached a picture of us
> >>>rafted with another boat so you can see the bimini lashed to the boom and
> >>>another of us sailing in with the bimini up on the cabintop.
> >>>
> >>>We sail down to Tilghman once or twice a year. The boat will be in Rock
> >>>Hall in another few weeks if you want to see the setup.
> >>>
> >>>Mary Lou
> >>>1991 R22  Fretless
> >>>Ft. Washington, PA   / Rock Hall, MD  (Swan Creek)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>At 11:52 AM 4/5/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>>     Hi, My name is Rory Orkin .. I live on Tilghman Island on the
> >>>>Chesapeake Bay.. I am about to go through specs on a reconditioned boat
> >>>>with Stan and had a few questions on the Bimini... From what I can tell,
> >>>>The bimini is a permanant fixture which has to be leaned forward to 
> get it
> >>>>out of the way.. Can it be set up to be easily removed at the dock ??
> >>>>When flipped forward, is it an obstruction for the cabin hatch or access
> >>>>to the bow ?? I assume ther e is no way to stow it on the boat  ???
> >>>>                     Thanks in advance
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