[Rhodes22-list] Leave Bimini up? Anchor rode rope to chain connection? IMF Main storage

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Hi Brooks,
We do fold up our bimini, cover it and tie it in 
an upright position to the boom every time we 
leave the boat. Ours has aluminum bows and we 
figure the bimini would act like a sail and they 
would get mangled in some of our thunderstorms 
with 60 mph winds. It's faded and worn but we've gotten 16 years out of it.

As to the anchor we leave the anchor attached to 
the chain permanently and carry both anchor, 
chain and rode forward. the only attachment we 
have to make is the rode to the foredeck cleat.

We tie down the fulring line really well and then 
put tension on the outhaul to keep the sail from 
moving about so much when furled. This worked 
better with our old main than with the new battened main.

Best,

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 04:32 PM 6/18/2015, you wrote:
>Bimini: Just had a wonderful 12 mile sail 
>Tuesday with bimini finally installed and very 
>pleased with it. So great to be out of the sun 
>here in the Chesapeake Bay region. I was 
>pleasantly surprised to find that IMF main 
>deploy/retraction was still easy (once I 
>reinstalled the bimini UNDER the boom - sigh). 
>Now, can I leave bimini up at my slip? My slip 
>is somewhat protected in 3 directions, but 
>pretty exposed to Choptank River winds on last 
>side. I'm also wondering about sun damage long 
>term. OTOH, it would protect the cockpit area 
>somewhat from sun damage and a lot cheaper to 
>replace. And one less thing to do when going 
>sailing. Anchor rode: I have a Danforth (hangers 
>on bow pulpit) with about 6' of chain. I 
>searched the site and found great info (thanks 
>particularly to Mary Lou)  on handling rode via 
>rode bags stored under cockpit seats or 
>lazarette,  then carried to bow (or bitter end 
>tied of at stern and then re-tied at bow). Seems 
>a popular solution and I’m ready to go this 
>route. But how are you attaching the rope rode 
>to the anchor chain?  Is there a FOOL proof 
>(note bimini installation screw-up above) heavy 
>duty quick connector or do you tie on every 
>time?  IMF furling: (For bonus points) After 
>seeing the exposed part of my furled IMF main 
>whipping about a fair amount in some high winds 
>(20 knots?) I've started disconnecting out haul 
>and wrapping exposed part around mast when 
>putting boat away. Gives me peace of mind. 
>Overkill or common? With a new fitting, it's 
>very quick and easy. ----- Brooks Bridges 1986, 
>Recycled 2006 "Changes" Cambridge, MD -- View 
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