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GregOnC25
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Initially Posted - 07/07/2004 :  16:08:27  Show Profile
Sorry I know this is a well-worn topic...I've searched and read many posts. I have a tall rig with a dodger, but still need to do something abouy frying in thr cockpit.

If you have a few minutes for some advice tell me what yathink of this plan before I pull the trigger on spending money. I was thinking about the CD bimini which mounts outside the coaming, just above the rubrail. I was thinking about adding a couple feet of genoa track to make it adjustable (the track on my '87 does not come all the way back). The CD bimini measure 6 ft fore-aft, 73-78 in. wide, and 30-36 in. high. The tech person said I should consider switching my TR to a slideing goose neck, reef the sail, and buy the 46 in. high model so that I can see between bimin and dodger. I would rather not go this route or the route of moving the mainsheet traveler forward. What about setting it at the height of my dodger (a little on the low side) which I can see nicely over when standing? I should be able to rok it forward and stand,or rock it back, sit down and look through dodger. Is this plan flawed? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Greg
P.S. for thos with sliding mounts....dont the tracks have to be parallel or is there enough flex in the frame?
GregOnC25
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/08/2004 :  12:03:23  Show Profile
I suspect everyone is thinking you already have all of the ideas... You just need to stand on the boat and picture the taller and shorter biminis. The taller the bimini, the more flex you will have to allow fore-and-aft movement on the tracks. I think most who have done that have reported 2-3' of movement, which means the frame must be flexing.

The lower bimini will not only let you look over the top as you do with your dodger--it will also give you more shade in the cockpit with various angles and directions of the sun. You'll have standing room aft and sitting room forward.

Have you figured out how this will affect your ability to go forward or to board?
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/08/2004 :  12:37:29  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">P.S. for thos with sliding mounts....dont the tracks have to be parallel or is there enough flex in the frame?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

In my experience, there's plenty of flex. The genoa track mounting works fine within the reasonable confines of the cockpit.

Brooke
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GregOnC25
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Response Posted - 07/08/2004 :  21:33:24  Show Profile
Dave,
You really nailed my last concern...going forward on deck. The CD bimini seems like the right dimensions (no cutting down, etc.), except I may be better off with 5' fore-aft version rather than 6'. I will see if they have other options, and I will do some more measuring and visualizing. Thanks for the feedback.

Brooke,
As I suspected, there is enough flex in the bimini frame. Since my genoa tracks dont come all the way back I will have to lay some new track, which wont be perfectly parallel. Thanks for the confirmation.
Greg
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