[Rhodes22-list] Stan?

[Bill Effros]

Slim,

In concept, not detail, how do you assemble your boom room?

Art,

How do you assemble yours?

I will post, in detail, how I assemble and disassemble my PTE.   I don't 
use Roger's on-the-ground method since my PTE never leaves the boat.  
Not today, though.

Bill Effros

Slim wrote:
> I don't mind setting up my BR but when the girls go out without me they
> never use it.  Typically, they'll drop anchor and start in with cocktails
> and prep for dinner.  By the time they finish eating and clean-up, it's
> dark, they're into their cups and feel like relaxing rather than wrestling
> with the BR.  They often talk of a new design that would be simpler and
> easier to set up.  One that could be managed by a couple of drunk chicks in
> the dark.  8-)  They love the ease of the PTE.  I wouldn't trade in my BR
> but they would.  
>
> If the roof went over the boom, it would require less frame than mine which
> hangs from below the boom.  The fewer pieces the better.  Optimally I'd like
> a less complicated frame, roof over boom, not over the side decks, not have
> to disconnect any shrouds, and integrated with the PTE.  Or if not
> integrated w/PTE, then it should snap down around the cabin in the same way
> and have the same features.  My BR makes it quite difficult to get out on
> the fore deck.  The new design should cover only the cockpit and the cabin
> with "doors" to go from the cockpit to the side decks outside the shelter
> thus no more interference with the aft lowers and no more crouching through
> the "tunnel" to go forward.
>
> Slim
>
> On 2/4/06 12:42 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Slim,
>>
>> I think we're hearing through Dave.  Stan doesn't have time for this.
>> He has pointed us in the right direction, and he wants to see how it all
>> sorts out before he contributes a lot more time and effort that could
>> net him nothing but grief.  It's happened before.  If we can come up
>> with something that makes sense for Stan, he'll come in and refine what
>> we come up with.  If not, he'll stick to his knitting.
>>
>> I am getting more firm commitments back-channel from people who say they
>> would actually buy finished product at fair price from Stan.
>>
>> If we can underwrite prototypes using lesser materials by selling test
>> parts to individuals on the list, that would make a better finished
>> product, while providing the basics to people who otherwise might not be
>> able to afford them, or to make them.
>>
>> What about you?  If you could sell your existing Boom Room, or trade it
>> in for an improved model, would you do it?  At no cost?  At slight
>> cost?  At full cost?  What would you like to see improved on your Boom
>> Room?  That's what we're really talking about.  What could we make that
>> would fit your boom room?  I assume everyone must affix their own female
>> snaps to the fabric to match the males on their boats?
>>
>> If the frame went above the boom would that mean that the new panels
>> would not fit on your boat?  Or could you attach the snaps with more
>> overhang?
>>
>> Does your ladder design frame make up with additional frame pieces what
>> Art's H-Frame design achieves with stronger structural members?  If cost
>> were no object, which would you rather have?
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>> Slim wrote:
>>     
>>> I know Stan's busy but he's been conspicuously silent on this whole boom
>>> room discussion.  It would be nice to hear from him.
>>> Slim
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