[Rhodes22-list] Boom Tents the $60.00 bimini

[Chris Cowie]

Lee
That's pretty slick.  I need one for my dog.  He wouldn't go out to pee in the rain this morning.

Chris Cowie
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On May 1, 2012, at 12:50 PM, "Leland" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> 
> John,
> 
> Pretty impressive--especially for the price.
> 
> I like Stan's bimini which is very similar to yours but I rarely use it for
> my daysailing needs unless my wife is with me.  I like to stand while I'm
> sailing and I think it would have been better for me had I installed it more
> forward so that it would cover the crew and not me.
> 
> For the scorching days adrift without wind I think an adjustable umbrella
> would have been fine:
> 
> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406|552|322400|1301452&id=1871659
> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406|552|322400|1301452&id=1871659 
> 
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> Kent Island, MD
> 
> 
> 
> butterchurn wrote:
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> Very cool!
>> 
>> Ron
>> 
>> John Shulick wrote:
>>> 
>>> Let's try this again,
>>> 
>>> Hello all here is my humble solution to the Bimini. Materials include a
>>> 8'X10' tarp 5 1/2" PVC poles 10' long 6 90* Ells 12 45* Ells 4 1/4 X 2"
>>> eyehooks and a dozen bungie cords. Place 3 PVC poles in 8' pickup bed and
>>> leave in sun for a week. Loops for tarp can be made on a standard sewing
>>> machine. Assemble according to picts provided and you'll figure it out.
>>> The overhang is good for rainy nights. This Idea could also work with a
>>> 10' X 10' kitchen fly to cover the whole cockpit and provide insect
>>> cover.
>>> 
>>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0013.jpeg 
>>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0015.jpeg 
>>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0016.jpeg 
>>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763326/DSC_0018.jpg  
>>> 
>>> John Shulick wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> butterchurn wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was wondering if you could share with me your ideas for boom tents,
>>>>> etc. or photos of how you set up your cockpit for sleeping.  I plan on
>>>>> regularly spending nights on Ozone this year and I really don't fit
>>>>> into the main cabin too well.  I'm a tall dude.  When I bought Ozone
>>>>> from Mark, he already had the fill in cushions and boards to make a
>>>>> sleeping area in the cockpit.  
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have been thinking about various arrangements including just throwing
>>>>> a tarp over the boom and Bimini creating a tent of sorts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do you folks do?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ron
>>>>> s/v Ozone
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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