"Scotty" wrote in message
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Why do you need 'curtains' on a sail boat?

Scotty


"katy" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:
On Apr 3, 10:37 pm, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

It seems that my boat came with "drapes" in a track for
the portlights. I
took them down intending to wash/repair them, but they
basically fell apart
in my hands... must have been totally degraded by the
sun, original
equipment, or both.

I would really like to replace the drapes with something
other than material
that can be so easily degraded. I've heard about plastic
shutters by
Zarcor...http://www.zarcor.com/PeekaBooo/index.htm.
Someone have thoughts
about alternatives to the drapes besides this?

Besides, they're ugly and don't work that well.

--
"j" ganz


You could buy a sewing machine and make new drapes for
the cost of 2
Peekaboos. Line the back of the drapes with white UV
fabric.

Joe

...sunbrealla...you can buy itr online or sometimes you
can get scraps
from a local person that does upholstery and awnings
etc...for that
matter, if you're so inclined, you can make curtains out
of sunbrella,
too...I have a seabag that I bought years ago made out of
the
stuff...hjot pink and electric blue, and it has not faded
in the 10
years or so I';ve had it..and it's been through the
washing machine
countless times...




To keep the light out and have some privacy when she-who-must-be-obeyed
visists the boat. g


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
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On Apr 4, 11:54 am, "Scotty" wrote:
Why do you need 'curtains' on a sail boat?

Scotty

They keep out light, keeping the interior cooler.

Joe

Yep... cooler also. Also keeps fading of the interior fabics down.
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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt. JG wrote:
It seems that my boat came with "drapes" in a track for the portlights. I
took them down intending to wash/repair them, but they basically fell
apart in my hands... must have been totally degraded by the sun, original
equipment, or both.

I would really like to replace the drapes with something other than
material that can be so easily degraded. I've heard about plastic
shutters by Zarcor... http://www.zarcor.com/PeekaBooo/index.htm. Someone
have thoughts about alternatives to the drapes besides this?

Besides, they're ugly and don't work that well.


I went to JC Penny's and bought navy blue cotton/polyester valance cafe
curtains...attached the little hooks that fit into our track where the
cafe rings were and voila! Cheap...and they also come in white and
red...this is their 6 th year and they have faded on teh port side so will
be replaced...at a minimal cost...they are entirely washable...on the 27
we had white duck with a blue stripe but I didn't care for the
white...spider dirt doesn't wash out very well and leaves stains...stay
away from white if you ahve any spiders...(haven't had the spider problem
in NC like we did in MI for some reason...)


Apparently, the shutters are spider-proof, according to their website.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote:

It seems that my boat came with "drapes" in a track for the portlights. I
took them down intending to wash/repair them, but they basically fell
apart
in my hands... must have been totally degraded by the sun, original
equipment, or both.

I would really like to replace the drapes with something other than
material
that can be so easily degraded. I've heard about plastic shutters by
Zarcor... http://www.zarcor.com/PeekaBooo/index.htm. Someone have
thoughts
about alternatives to the drapes besides this?

Besides, they're ugly and don't work that well.


Jeeze Jon, how big are your ports? We're not talking about 8' bay
windows here, you can sew up some new drapes in a matter of minutes with
a dollars worth of remnants. They'll probably last at least five years.

Cheers
Marty


True, but I'm not sure they'll look nice enough... it's a thought certainly.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Capt. JG" wrote:

Joe


Already own a sewing machine... decided I don't really want the hassle.
Besides, I'm not that good on it to make the drapes look right. The quote I
got from them was about $225 for the four portlights.

Jon, it's really easy, I did like Katy, bought some of those short
kitchen drapes, which still weren't short enough. I folded the bottom
hem on itself twice and sewed a sinlge straight seam along them, done.
It was a discount store, I think I paid about 6 bucks for the drapes.

Cheers
Marty
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Capt. JG wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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On Apr 3, 10:37 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:

It seems that my boat came with "drapes" in a track for the portlights. I
took them down intending to wash/repair them, but they basically fell
apart
in my hands... must have been totally degraded by the sun, original
equipment, or both.

I would really like to replace the drapes with something other than
material
that can be so easily degraded. I've heard about plastic shutters by
Zarcor...http://www.zarcor.com/PeekaBooo/index.htm. Someone have thoughts
about alternatives to the drapes besides this?

Besides, they're ugly and don't work that well.

--
"j" ganz

You could buy a sewing machine and make new drapes for the cost of 2
Peekaboos. Line the back of the drapes with white UV fabric.

Joe




Already own a sewing machine... decided I don't really want the hassle.
Besides, I'm not that good on it to make the drapes look right. The quote I
got from them was about $225 for the four portlights.


Good grief! I paid 29.00 all told for mine! TThat is not an item that
you will recoup in a sale of the boat...no one buys a boat based on the
curtains....unless you plan to keep the baot forever (and even then I
couldn't justify that expense) go the cheaper route...

Capt. JG wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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On Apr 4, 11:54 am, "Scotty" wrote:

Why do you need 'curtains' on a sail boat?

Scotty

They keep out light, keeping the interior cooler.

Joe


Yep... cooler also. Also keeps fading of the interior fabics down.

We keep our open when not on teh boat so that mildew will be exposed to
light if it should raise it's nasty self in the boat...

"katy" wrote in message

Becasue we are in a marina...and sleep in a marina...and with the lgihts
on at night you become a fishbowl...I really don't like feeding the
impulses of every voyeur walking by on the dock...even when you're on an
anchor or the mooring you can have "interested" parties deift by, like
people in bass boats with quiet trolling motors, that peer through at
you...we have had this happen...when I am on my boat, it is my home and
just like I don't like people standing in the yard or on the sidewalk
peering in, I don't like it on my baot either...but then, I imagine you're
a bit of an exibitionsit so maybe it doesn't matter to you...

Would you consider it "visual distress" for the voyeur peering in (at) your
ports? Give them a good titty bouncing and then blind them with a red or
green laser pointer.

Lloyd

Martin Baxter wrote:
"Capt. JG" wrote:

Joe


Already own a sewing machine... decided I don't really want the hassle.
Besides, I'm not that good on it to make the drapes look right. The quote I
got from them was about $225 for the four portlights.


Jon, it's really easy, I did like Katy, bought some of those short
kitchen drapes, which still weren't short enough. I folded the bottom
hem on itself twice and sewed a sinlge straight seam along them, done.
It was a discount store, I think I paid about 6 bucks for the drapes.

Cheers
Marty
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Our ports are deep so I didn't have to do that....if they are too long,
there is another way other tahn making a bulky edge by folding...cut off
the original hem and then use NoSew to fold up a much lesser amount of
material into the new hem...quite easy, is water resistant and is quite
quick...this, of course, would be a ...masculine...apparoach...I hand
hem things still...

Lloyd Bonafide wrote:
"katy" wrote in message


Becasue we are in a marina...and sleep in a marina...and with the lgihts
on at night you become a fishbowl...I really don't like feeding the
impulses of every voyeur walking by on the dock...even when you're on an
anchor or the mooring you can have "interested" parties deift by, like
people in bass boats with quiet trolling motors, that peer through at
you...we have had this happen...when I am on my boat, it is my home and
just like I don't like people standing in the yard or on the sidewalk
peering in, I don't like it on my baot either...but then, I imagine you're
a bit of an exibitionsit so maybe it doesn't matter to you...


Would you consider it "visual distress" for the voyeur peering in (at) your
ports?

Nope...I'm fiarly good looking for my age...

Give them a good titty bouncing

Nope...why give them a treat?

and then blind them with a red or
green laser pointer.

Nope...easier to just kep them out in the first place...

Lloyd