[Rhodes22-list] Bimini and wish list

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Rod,


At 09:18 PM 12/14/2008, you wrote:

>To those of you with a bimini,
>
>Is the Bimini a good addition to the boat? And, does it store 
>easily? Does it fold forward and to the stern?

The bimini installation varies from year to year. Most seem to fold 
forward. Ours would fold aft except that it hits the winches. We use 
it a lot. Shade when sailing in light to moderate air, shade at 
anchor or in the slip and some protection from rain (if it's not 
blowing to bad). When leaving the boat we fold ours up, put the cover 
on it and bungee it upright attached to the boom. Keeps it out of the 
way and off the fiberglass. As someone remarked it can go in the 
cabin if necessary though the only times we've ever done that is for 
hurricane prep. For trailering we just put it down on the cabin top 
and tie it down.

>What is the rudder upgrade?

Don't know.

>How about the 6:1 motor lift?

If you have an old spring lift motor mount you will love the motor 
lift. If you are talking about going from the manual lift to the 
electric one, I don't think it's necessary unless you have physical 
issues that give you real difficulty with the manual one.

>Two batteries,  good Idea?

What are you running? We run radio, depth, cabin and running lights 
off of a single battery. Motor is electric start too. We have shore 
power in the slip and  have a charger hooked up. Works just fine for 
day sails and if we are out for a single overnight. If we are going 
to be out a few days, we have a power pack (one of the jump-start, 
plug everything into it packs) that we take along as emergency start 
for the engine. We are rarely out for more than two nights without 
stopping at a marina so this works well for us.

Mary Lou
1991R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD