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Arlyn Stewart
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Initially Posted - 03/09/2005 :  13:59:18  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
The supply of teak is thinning but enough remains for a few small projects. The current is this rack, which will locate on the partition between head and port settee.
Arlyn C-250 W/B #224

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 03/09/2005 :  20:06:21  Show Profile
Arlyn,
I'm glad you posted this. I've been wanting to build one of these. I've been looking around for some plans, now I can stop looking.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/09/2005 :  20:36:10  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Tom,

The rack is about a two evening project. Finished but not installed in boat yet.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 03/09/2005 :  22:53:51  Show Profile
Hey that looks great, how you plan to mount it?
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/09/2005 :  23:09:32  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Hope to mount with 3-4 screws with trim washers from within the head. The outside frame will have two and the inside frame may get only one due to the lav.

The bottom of rack will only be a couple inches above the cushion to ease insertion of the taller chart books.
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sterngucker
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Response Posted - 03/10/2005 :  02:20:02  Show Profile
Hey Arlyn, nice rack! Just the size I have been looking for. Looks like <i>C Angel</i> will be getting another "Arlyn Mod". (already installed the bungee sail tie system and the blaster pump is in the queue somewhere after the steering mod . Someday when I have several hours to kill I am going to have to put together my own web site with all the mods and such. ( Am I secretly an Arlyn wannabe?) sorry it's getting late.
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fredflemming
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Response Posted - 03/10/2005 :  14:40:03  Show Profile
Arlyn,

Looks great. One question: Won't your proposed location cause some small problem with raising the cushion on the settee?

Also a suggestion for others who might make this rack. If you make the bottom of the rack tilted forward a little, things put in the lower section will naturally slide forward against the horizontal slats. This makes it easy to put big things like chart books in the back.

Speaking of cushions and settees, has anyone attached the settee cushions to the settee storage cover boards so that they tilt up together? I'm thinking that it would make it easier to get into the storage if you just have to lift the cushion. Straps? Velcro? Electromagnetism?

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/10/2005 :  18:16:15  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Fred, good points...

If used to tilting the cushion back and accessing the hatch without moving the cushion aside...it would present a problem. I normally shuffle the cushion and hatch cover outa da way anyway. The hatch has dropped on my fingers too many times. However, the backrest across the V berth was only on my boat for its first outing nine years ago. I need the rack more than the convenience of tilting the cushion for hatch access.

As to the tilt... h'mmmm, hadn't given that any thought, I'd defer to any one who has been there with a dual purpose rack. I can certainly agree that with a magazine rack, it would be far easier to replace to the rack behind the others... but, in this case the chartbook would be jamming the magazines... I'll wait and see, with the oil finish, it's no problem to modify the bottom.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/10/2005 :  19:40:04  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Just finished mounting the rack. Used three screws through from the head without any problem.

Shifting the cushion to lean it back to access the settee storage isn't much of an issue.

The rack makes no obvious protrusion into the space of the interior... or the flow to the settee.
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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 :  11:37:50  Show Profile
Looks good Arlyn. As always.
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 :  16:00:50  Show Profile
Looks good Arlyn, but that's my favorite reading spot (feel up & back to the wall)! I'd have a lump in my back!

Seriously, great project - I've been thinking about mounting a magazine rack on the panel between the cooler & back bunk, but I'm afraid it would interfere with raising the big cushion in the back.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 :  16:30:58  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Cathy, your point makes clear the advantage of a fairly spartin production boat. One person's enhancement could be another's nemesis.

btw... I collect bloopers for my web site... but am hesitant to use the one from your post .
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 03/12/2005 :  21:26:03  Show Profile  Visit Ben - FL's Homepage
I've had a smoked plexi wall pocket in that location for charts and log and nav kit. But yours certainly has a lot more class.
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Waterboy
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Response Posted - 03/12/2005 :  22:08:28  Show Profile  Visit Waterboy's Homepage
Oh dear ... Arlyn ... WHICH blooper? There's at least two.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/13/2005 :  07:57:14  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Greg.... ya got me... <font size="6">but</font id="size6">, I'm the blooper editor and, I earned my listing a long long time back.

One more <font size="6">but</font id="size6">, sorry Cathy, I couldn't resist...you have earned your listing
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 03/13/2005 :  15:50:19  Show Profile
OOPS!
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