"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| but I will admit the
| tiller cover was a good idea until I made the tiller quickly removable and
| now stow it down below.
|
| For those who can't afford a wheel!
|
| Tiller??? Bwahahahaha!

Good Grief Bob..... it's a much superior system to a wheel. Less moving
parts, better "feel" and as is the case with mine being a stern hung
tiller... it's the choice of those in the know about sailing.

I wouldn't have a wheel unless the boat was 40 ft of bigger.

CM

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| Yes it does I forgot to mention my hatch covers.
|
| Anyone got a good pic of those hatch covers...don't see them here often at
| all..

Some just snap on to the outside of the hatches/ports... some like mine snap
to the inside of the ports/hatches. It's just a sunbrella cover cut &
stitched to fit.

Maybe you can use your grinder to make some up for Alien??
Bwahahahahahahahahaaa!!

CM

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:11:01 -0400, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| but I will admit the
| tiller cover was a good idea until I made the tiller quickly removable and
| now stow it down below.
|
| For those who can't afford a wheel!
|
| Tiller??? Bwahahahaha!

Good Grief Bob..... it's a much superior system to a wheel. Less moving
parts, better "feel" and as is the case with mine being a stern hung
tiller... it's the choice of those in the know about sailing.

I wouldn't have a wheel unless the boat was 40 ft of bigger.

CM

All that is true and undisputed, however, do you have an emergency
wheel in the event of a tiller failure? The only drawback I can see
for most tiller arrangements is that they can eat up a lot of real
estate in the cockpit. Otherwise, they are better. What sort of boat
is it?

Good Grief Bob..... it's a much superior system to a wheel.


Yeah, that's why almost every top-notch builder uses wheels! Tillers are for
boats under 29 feet and other toys!

RB

Some just snap on to the outside of the hatches/ports... some like mine snap
to the inside of the ports/hatches. It's just a sunbrella cover cut &
stitched to fit.

Do you have a pic? Is yours a pressure fit with elastic corners, or did you
drill the hatch for the snaps?

RB

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:13:36 -0400, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| Yes it does I forgot to mention my hatch covers.
|
| Anyone got a good pic of those hatch covers...don't see them here often at
| all..

Some just snap on to the outside of the hatches/ports... some like mine snap
to the inside of the ports/hatches. It's just a sunbrella cover cut &
stitched to fit.

Mine have a fairly tight sewn in elastic piece around the edges that
stretches and hooks under the lip of the hatch. The top is either
"quilted" or not. Mine are, which contains some sort of insulating
material. As I didn't make them, I can't be more specific about how
they are made. Obviously they are only on the hatches when I am not
aboard the boat. They aren't in use when I am sailing. They seem
well secured when they are in place and I have no real concern that
they will blow off when I am away. These are on my overhead Bomar
hatches. On my portlights, I have done what most folks around here
do. I have purchased some of the automobile sunscreens from Walmart
for about $5, and cut out pieces in the size and shape of my
portlights. Wedge them into place when I leave the boat. You can get
fancy and cover one side with sunbrella to match the interior or not.
Depends on access to sewing skills


Maybe you can use your grinder to make some up for Alien??
Bwahahahahahahahahaaa!!

CM

"felton" wrote in message

| All that is true and undisputed, however, do you have an emergency
| wheel in the event of a tiller failure? The only drawback I can see
| for most tiller arrangements is that they can eat up a lot of real
| estate in the cockpit. Otherwise, they are better. What sort of boat
| is it?


Nordica 30

http://community.webshots.com/user/overproof

http://www.nordicaboats.com/index.html

CM

Mine have a fairly tight sewn in elastic piece around the edges that
stretches and hooks under the lip of the hatch.

Thanks...should be worth doing. You say this cuts down on interior heat by a
good margin?

RB

On 27 Jan 2004 18:30:36 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

Some just snap on to the outside of the hatches/ports... some like mine snap
to the inside of the ports/hatches. It's just a sunbrella cover cut &
stitched to fit.

Do you have a pic? Is yours a pressure fit with elastic corners, or did you
drill the hatch for the snaps?

RB

Bob...what size forward hatch do you have? One thing I had on my last
boat, a C&C 33 was something that they make for the Valiants that are
a little different from what we are talking about here. It was a
padded piece of fabric just larger than the inside dimensions of the
hatch. Inside this fabric "frame" was sewn mosquito netting. This
piece was designed to "snap" into place, from the inside of course, to
provide mosquito netting. In addition, it came with a hemmed piece of
white fabric the same size as the netting that could be laid between
the netting and the hatch (when the hatch is closed) to keep the sun
from hitting you in the eyes in the early morning

This isn't the same thing as the heat/uv covers that I have on my
current boat which go on the outside of the hatch. It may be of
interest if you don't otherwise have mosquito netting or like to sleep
late

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:37:48 -0400, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:


"felton" wrote in message

| All that is true and undisputed, however, do you have an emergency
| wheel in the event of a tiller failure? The only drawback I can see
| for most tiller arrangements is that they can eat up a lot of real
| estate in the cockpit. Otherwise, they are better. What sort of boat
| is it?


Nordica 30

http://community.webshots.com/user/overproof

http://www.nordicaboats.com/index.html

CM

Very nice