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GaryB
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Response Posted - 09/15/2010 : 19:41:05

Thanks for information guys! I will definitely check all of these out.

Steve - I'll probably email you next week.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 09/16/2010 : 10:04:05

Gary,

I anchor out a lot with the pop top up. To keep the bugs out I have used two net window curtains (from the second hand store) that were perhaps 6' x 10' and 8' x 10'. I think I stapled them together along the 10' edges by adding a narrow strip of cotton. This forms a 14' x 10' rectangle of netting that I drape over the poptop and bunch up around the mast. A hatchboard or two keeps it from falling into the companionway.

Since I only use it when the mosquitoes are bad, there is never any wind, and it stays in place by itself. If there's enough wind to blow it out of place, then the mosquitoes are long gone. It's cheap, simple, and effective.

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Rich G
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Response Posted - 09/21/2010 : 07:30:54

Don't have one. Don't miss it.

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skybird
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Response Posted - 10/20/2010 : 19:54:02

i think most army surplus type stores or Academy have those mosquito nets designed for a cot and sleeping bag--very inexpensive if you don't buy the poles to attach it to a cot. You wouldn,t need them anyway

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triley
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Response Posted - 11/26/2010 : 20:22:38

I do noy use pop top, but do have bug buster hatch and companionway screens. They work great.

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skrenz
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Response Posted - 11/28/2010 : 16:04:51

We use ours every weekend and have bug screen windows built into the sides. We built our own pop top cover from plans here on the forum.

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 12/08/2010 : 19:48:46

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by seabreeze
 I would like to know how much you guys with the poptop really use it.
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I am 6'-2", so I raise the pop-top almost every time I use the boat. For sure it is up while I am cooking, cleaning, or working inside the cabin in fair weather.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 12/08/2010 : 20:45:34

In Stratford CT, starting in May until about early September, we get gnats by the droves whenever the wind slacks off to calm.

They are absolutely impervious to DEET, they will permeate all screens and netting, and they completely ignore citronella candles. They inflict small, incredibly itchy welts on arms and legs mostly, and sometimes on your neck.

You can literally get a cloud of gnats swarming around your head at which point you slap yourself silly.

But then, if the wind pipes up to even 5 mph, they're all gone!

The welts quickly vanish when I apply "anti-itch cream", which is a goopy antihistamine lotion that stops the itch. I swear by it.

I sometimes run my 12V H2Cool fan to keep the gnats away, but Ive found it does not go far enough. So, unless there's a slight wind, I don't open the poptop, and often keep the slider closed and place a cover over the companionway.

I know they sell no-see-um nets in Camp-mor and Cabelas catalogs, but never gotten around to buying one.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 12/09/2010 : 11:29:10

If I had one with no pop-top I would have a cabin top traveler.

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 12/09/2010 : 15:20:37

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pastmember
 If I had one with no pop-top I would have a cabin top traveler.
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Yep, that's what I have. Pop Top would be nice at times though.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 12/10/2010 : 12:24:02

I'm in the "a cabin top traveller would be really nice, but I wouldn't give up my pop-top" group.

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