[Rhodes22-list] Taylormade Anchor Shade

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

John,
What I have suggested is a mini BR top.  Notice in the picture attached.  Just make it shorter, fore and aft, and forget the sides.  You should already have the materials for this.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2007 11:50 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Taylormade Anchor Shade
>
>At 11:21 AM 6/20/2007 -0400, Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>>I think that you may be on to something.  Now, if we could use a canopy
>>structure like a StarShade, without the center pole,
>>(http://www.kdkanopy.com/canopies/starshade.php), scaled down to fit under
>>the boom and within the cockpit, it might be real pretty too.
>
>The biggest drawback to the arched design is limited headroom at the 
>edges.  Once you got the curve right, to fit under the boom, I'm 
>guessing you may not be able to sit back in the seats without your 
>head touching the shade.  Hard to tell without some prototyping.  I'm 
>rummaging thru the ol' camping equipment now :-)
>
>Cheers!
>
>John Lock
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>Lake Sinclair, GA
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>
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