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Alan Clark
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Initially Posted - 12/22/2010 : 18:57:01

All my wife wants for Xmas is a Poptop cover with screens..

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 12/22/2010 : 20:51:07

You might want to re-think your lack of time -->> http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=763&ParentCat=374

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 12/23/2010 : 10:30:47

Alan,

I have a pop-top cover. It has smaller clear vinyl windows on each side than the model shown in the Catalina Direct photos online.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Alan Clark
 All my wife wants for Xmas is a Poptop cover with screens..

We have looked at Catalina direct and sent them a couple of questions including is there a screen over the entrance to the cabin and how far forward of the mast does it extend? Also does it breath in the summer or is it better just to have the pop top up with no screens?
Any thoughts are appreciated. Also does Catalina sell this item? I am not going to make my own, I have the skills but not the time or equipment..Thanks for all the input!
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There is a model with screens and another model without screens. The companionway is covered by the pop-top cover with a zipper extending all the way to the bottom. You can see that in the 2nd or 3rd photo online.

My cover wraps around the mast and then zips closed.

The whole pop-top cover is made of heavy beige vinyl (feels like leather), and it creates a relatively air-tight, rain-proof enclosure. If you purchase the one with the optional screens, then it would allow lots of ventilation (and rain) into the cabin.

I used my pop-top cover once on a cold, rainy evening. The cover provided additional headroom in the cabin for me and 2 crew. With an electric heater and shore power, we had a comfortable night's sleep after having sailed to a distant marina.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 12/23/2010 : 12:45:02

I don't have a cover but I found that a camping screen/net that I had turned out to be the exact dimensions needed to fully enclose the pop top to prevent bugs flying in the cabin. All I had to do was use one of those office binder clips to grip the excess matl bunched up near the front of the pop top adjacent to the mast. The net is many, many years old but does the trick. It was bought for my son to use when he was in the boy scouts. It's not as good as having a cover which would probably provide protection from rain which a net will not.

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Response Posted - 12/23/2010 : 13:11:28

I have a pop-top cover that has windows but no screens. I will say, for one reason or another, that we have never used it.

We don't tend to stay in one place for more than one night, so that the putting-on and taking-off seems to be to much trouble. Also, when sleeping, we don't need the pop-top up, so I usually close it at night anyway.

I can see, that if stuck in a location because of bad weather, it would come in handy.

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Response Posted - 12/23/2010 : 17:18:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Davy J
 I have a pop-top cover that has windows but no screens. I will say, for one reason or another, that we have never used it.

We don't tend to stay in one place for more than one night, so that the putting-on and taking-off seems to be to much trouble. Also, when sleeping, we don't need the pop-top up, so I usually close it at night anyway.

I can see, that if stuck in a location because of bad weather, it would come in handy.
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Do you want to sell it?

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