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Sam Nelson
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Initially Posted - 10/23/2001 :  09:36:17  Show Profile
My wife and I are rigging for our fist overnight aboard, and we're concerned about mosquitoes and other night life (Southwest Louisiana mosquitoes carry off alligators).
Has anyone gotten a bug screen they can recommend? We have a C25 and would like to l
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 10/23/2001 :  11:40:43  Show Profile
<b><i><font color=blue><h4> Check out the Army Navy store.... I bought a hunters over the body net a few years ago and it works very well in making a hatch net over either the companionway or forward hatch on my c250.

Once, we waited too late and le
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allencl
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Response Posted - 10/23/2001 :  12:53:18  Show Profile  Visit allencl's Homepage
Sam,

We are very happy with a Canadian company's screen that we bought through Boat US. It's called Bug Busters. The item number is 148083 Companionway Screen. Here's the link:

http://www.boatus-store.com/mc_online/Browse.asp?showitem=16380
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Response Posted - 10/23/2001 :  13:57:23  Show Profile
I've used the velcro screen kits with good success. I've been thinking about putting screens in my pop-top enclosure, but haven't got around to it yet.
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 10/23/2001 :  16:12:13  Show Profile
For our forward hatch I bought screen material and velcro at the local hardware store. I cut the screen to match the hatch plus 1 - 2 inches. I then put velcro around the hatch and on the screen. this gives you good coverage with a complete seal and it
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Rick Heaverly 86 C25 5382
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Response Posted - 10/23/2001 :  21:46:36  Show Profile
we also used the bug busters from boatus for the companionway and forward hatch. they work very well.

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