If you would get your tub-of-lard act out of the Chesapeake where
the stinging nettles are as numerous as the floating turds and
do some real tropical sailing you would welcome a sit-under bimini.

The purpose of a bimini is to provide shade from that hot tropical
sun and a bimini stuck way up in the air tall enough to stand under
provides little or no shade except perhaps at midday. A nice low
bimini not only reduces windage aft but provides quality shade for
more hours each and every hot tropical day. Sitting under mine
on the high side allows me to see over and alongside the coachroof
in comfort. Why would I want to stand when I can see perfectly
well sitting? If push comes to shove and I wish to stand I do so
in the companionway with straw hat which I often do when motoring
down a canal or some such other congested area.

The little solar powered yard lamps lift right off for sailing and
are beneficial at anchor to keep made the wrong turn on the
race course Express idiots who are busy smoking dope from colliding
with me in the middle of the night.

How would anyone who is too afraid to get out of Chesapeake bay
even know what a Caribbean circus looks like?

CN

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message ...
Gotta love those backyard lamps from Home Depot.
And I wonder what it's like to not be able to stand up in the cockpit
because of that bimini. You should trade stern ladders with the Boob so you
can climb up and be able to see to navigate.
The boat still looks like something you would see in a Caribbean circus.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"