The Dodger is a good idea! It will offer a wind break when going to weather
and a place to scootch under when the weather turns bad. When it's hot you
simply undo a few snaps and drop it like a convertible. The only bad point
is it develops a color scheme to the vessel. Your sail cover should match
your dodger.

I would also recommend covers for your cockpit life lines..... it really
adds quite a bit of privacy aboard when underway!

CM




"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| Well, here we go again.
|
| Once again I'm wondering if I should add a dodger to my boat. This season
we'll
| have a few kids aboard as well as some elderly folk and then there are a
few
| cruises, one of which will be made with a friend who will be 5 months
pregnant
| at that time.
| It seems that a dodger, which will connect to a never used awning that
came
| with the boat, would be of use. A few friends seem to think that a dodger
heats
| up the interior of a boat. does that make sense? It seems it would catch
more
| air and keep the sun out of the companionway. A local canvas maker has a
C&C 32
| dodger that was never picked up and I can have it for 650 installed with a
SS
| frame...plus tax. It's a good dodger...
|
| Comments?
|
|
| RB