Let's talk about sailboat dodgers. You might wish to
think I am totally against them. You would be totally
wrong.

I think sailboat dodgers are a capital idea in that
they serve admirable as spray hoods in adverse weather,
especially when going to weather. A properly designed,
fitted and used dodger can be a real benefit and improve
the sailing experience.

Now, for the bad part. Most every dodger I have seen in
use is never folded down after it is installed. Instead,
they are left permanently in place no matter the weather -
a fading blister that ruins the lines of an otherwise
comely vessel.

This stupidity or sloth causes them to weather and the
front vinyl window to yellow and become an impediment to
seeing forward. Why, I wonder, do so-called sailors leave
them up permanently when most, if not all of them, are
designed to fold down with ease?

But, does anybody else realize how stupid it is to keep
a dodger up all the time even in the best of weather?

Do any of you walk around, rain or shine, with your
umbrellas open? Do you wear your Mac in the hot
sunshine? Galoshes during a drought? So what's
with the dodger misuse fetish?

--
Sir Gregory