In article 1qIbh.9745$Kw2.4445@trndny05,
"NE Sailboat" wrote:

Last summer, along the coast of Maine, I was anchored in a couple of spots
that had mosquito's the size of turkeys.

I want to be prepared this summer .::: what do you all do about the
companionway to keep out the mosquitos?

I have been thinking of making a couple of companionway sliding screens ..
haven't figured out the method yet.

We've used velcro & netting for a decade or so. Getting in and out is a
bit of a PITA, but the necessary "flick" to get it closed from the
outside is fairly easy to learn.

We have two "grades": Mosquito/fly & no-seeums. The larger mesh gives
slightly better ventilation. BTW, we sometimes fly the wind scoop with
the screen on the forward hatch, tough to do well with the weighted
screening.

The weighted variant is easier, cheaper and faster, but it's not as
tight a seal.

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Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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