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dbehling
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Initially Posted - 10/13/2004 :  02:16:24  Show Profile
We want to say a special thank you to Wayne & Debbie of BellsToil. Thanks to this website, we were able to connect up with them on a dodger they had built. They also have a bimini and had the dodger added to the bimini.

We wanted to do this also, to avoid cost of new hardware, etc. Thanks to them, they made a pattern of their dodger with such GREAT detail that we were able to construct a dodger to attach to our bimini too.

We especially wanted it for a trip we just completed. We left Owl Harbor, Sacramento Delta on Saturday morning 10/2 8:00 a.m. Had a great Ebb. Our destination was Brickyard Cove, San Francisco Bay. We knew we would have some...ah...bad areas. Weather was overall great, but the wind and the chop was horrible. Especially traveling thru Pittsburg area. This when our dodger was soooooo helpful. We remained warm and dry, with the exception of a couple of rogue waves that dumped on Wade. Not me though, I was nice and toasty behind the dodger. Water smoothed out, we motor sailed all the way sometimes we clocked 7.5 knots with the ebb. We made it in 9 hours and used 8 gallons of gas with our 10 hp.

We are having a great time bay sailing. Went to the Fleet week last weekend, and totally enjoying sailing on the bay. We had originally planned on leaving our boat there just for a month, we may extend it another month thru November, perfect for the bay.

Here are some pictures of our dodger. And again, we couldn not have done this without this website and our new friends back east Wayne and Debbie. Thank you soooo much. You're the best!!!!!

Our lovely spring sheet pattern:

First stage setting up:

Keeping us nice and dry:

Finished project at Brickyard Cove, San Francisco Bay, Richmond CA:
1979 SR/SK L-Dinette "Windy Britches" Sail #1205
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  09:52:52  Show Profile
Adding a dodger make a C25 look like a lot bigger boat... donya think?
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  10:25:28  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Very nice!
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dbehling
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  10:39:09  Show Profile
I personally think so too. Also, when we are just sitting at a raft up at Folsom Lake with our club. There has been many a time, when the wind has been a..blowin. And we wished we had something to block the wind. It's so easy to put up and down too. And the cost....under $100.
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sailgal
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  12:07:24  Show Profile
One of the many great things a 25 holds over the 250, having a dodger and still being able to go foward, and the main sheet location so you can attach it to your bimini!
Instead of counting sheep I often contemplate how to design a dodger for a 250, still no answers but beats counting sheep at bedtime

Excellent job dbehling!!!!!!
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  14:20:50  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
you can build this for < $100?? I want one! I'll even give up my mid boom sheeting.

Why don't you send me the plans. We'll put it on the web site as a tech tip and maybe even get it into the Mainsheet.

Email address is in the profile.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  14:20:53  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
you can build this for < $100?? I want one! I'll even give up my mid boom sheeting.

Why don't you send me the plans. We'll put it on the web site as a tech tip and maybe even get it into the Mainsheet.

Email address is in the profile.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  19:25:37  Show Profile
Excellent dodger!

After a rather cold and wet trip this past summer, a dodger has now moved to the top of my winter to-do list.

Thanks for posting the pictures.
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  20:12:46  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Great dodger! Yes, please post the plans.

-- Leon Sisson
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dbehling
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Response Posted - 10/13/2004 :  21:04:16  Show Profile
wwwhoaaaa!!!

First of all, I have access to some great fabric shops around here where I can find salvage material. The plastic I got from an uphostery shop at 18.95 a yard then found it at fabric shop for $4.97 a yard. I was also able to swing a great deal on the snaps by bartoring (sp). But still the cost was considerably lower than one made by a canvas shop. I'll have to think about how we can help others make something like this. More information to follow.
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/14/2004 :  00:01:15  Show Profile
Very, very cool! I was planning exactly the same addition to my bimini for next season! Is that zipped or snapped (or something else) to the bimini?
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coach
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Response Posted - 10/14/2004 :  00:09:41  Show Profile

Thats pretty sweet and inexpensive as well!
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dbehling
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Response Posted - 10/14/2004 :  00:16:00  Show Profile
It's zipped. Two separate zippers. I was considering snaps too. But I wanted it solid across the top, and this seemed to be the best way to do that. The bimini was already up. I didn't want to have to take the bimini apart, so I had stiched the zippers on. Sometime I will permanently sew zippers on, but for now, this works.
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