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Brooke Willson
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Initially Posted - 07/29/2006 :  19:29:34  Show Profile
Yesterday Vicki and I took a friend of our son's sailing before she heads off to school in Atlanta. We had a good downhill run from Urbanna to Irvington, but then the storm clouds began to build and we motored the five miles back home into a building headwind. As lightning began hitting to our north, I ordered the womenfolks below, battened down the hatches and ports, and began taking seas over the bow. I got completely soaked -- but the wind and water were warm. For the first time, I really wished I had a dodger!

Below are some pics -- Towles Point on the Rappahannock as the storm was coming down the river, and Kate enjoying the sun on the foredeck before the weather closed in.

Brooke
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djn
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Response Posted - 07/29/2006 :  22:34:40  Show Profile
Great pics and sounds like youa'l had a great time. I like my dodger, but with more than two in the cockpit it gets in the way. The way mine is constructed, I can't fold in forward or backward so it is what it is all season long. Cheers.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 07/30/2006 :  12:34:49  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I agree. I've been wanting to add one for a few years now.

A 30-year Lake Superior cruising veterean once told me while on a nine day LS cruise that I should do one of two things - get a bigger boat or get a dodger. Lake Superior can be much colder than the Rappahanock - 58 degrees at its warmest. The dodger will be my last big expense on Gallivant.
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atgep
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Response Posted - 07/30/2006 :  18:33:32  Show Profile
I am going to make a simple windscreen/dodger that connects to the bimini top. I don't intend on making a frame but may change my mind . I usually do that 2-3 times before I finish anything.

Tom.
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