[Rhodes22-list] Stan? - boom room

[Slim]

Wally,
I like it.  There have many a lot of times when all that's needed was
something to keep the dew off and I wished I didn't have to go through all
the rigmarole. 
Slim

On 2/5/06 7:34 AM, "TN Rhodey" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Art,
> 
> My boom tent has three cross memeber and is also tied down fron and back. I
> don't have any side panels. I tighten the four corners of tarp pulling down
> and bending the tent poles. This creates a curved roof that is fairly tight
> (covered wagon look), little pooling problems. The tarp was $25 at Northern
> Tool, I used tent poles i already owned.
> 
> Wally
> 
> 
>> From: "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.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] Stan?
>> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:26:30 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>> 
>> Slim,
>> 
>> I drape the cover cloth over the boom, two poles fore and aft and snap the
>> cross beam in place.  Tie front and back, tie four corners, hang the
>> drapes, and it's pretty much done...
>> 
>> Art
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
>>> Sent: Feb 4, 2006 3:56 PM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stan?
>>> 
>>> 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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