On Sep 27, 10:46 pm, "Glenn \(s/v Seawing\)"
wrote:
That's a great looking bimini Joe. You didn't happen to keep a photo-record
of the construction did you? Any advise on construction?

Glenn.

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On Sep 26, 8:21 pm, "Glenn \(s/v Seawing\)"
wrote:
We cruise on our Gulfstar Auxillary 41 centre cockpit. Our bimini is now
old and will need replacing this season. I have been thinking of
replacing
with a hard bimini that will last longer than a sunbrella one, allow the
mounting of solar panels, water collection & other cockpit ammenities.

I am considering building one myself. Some folks at the boat-yard
suggested
building one out of some kind of foam, that can be cut & fit & when the
desired shape is reached, painted with resin to harden and so on.

Anyone built a hard bimini? Advise? Used this foam stuff?
Advise?...what's the stuff called & where can it be aquired? Advise on
bimini for a cruising boat?

Thanks all!

Glenn.
s/v Seawing

Use marine ply and cover with cloth..You can use just about anything
as a core I guess including foam, bimini's leak..wear out...and all
around are a pain in the ass.

I buildt a hard top after 2 bimini's.... best thing I ever did for the
boat.

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/272...63212926LiUcvQ

I guess with the proper foam and resin you could build lighter and
stronger.

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I just used 1/2" marine ply for the sides..Lexan windows..total weight
for the sides is about 40 lbs. The top is 1/8 " ply over 3/4" X 6" a
spruce framed top, covered with fiberglass cloth and resin. The top
weighs about 120 lbs for a combined total weight of 160 LBS. Total
cost about 500 bucks. I'm adding a rain water catching rim that will
funnel rain into the water tanks. I also just painted everything
inside above the dash flat black.

This picture shows the spruce framing:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...63212926yfjeXR

I've painted everything above the dash flat black now to aid night
vision/ navigation.

Joe

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While I didn't build a hard dodger myself, I had one built by a very
good craftsman in Ft. Lauderdale. He took the existing bimini
stainless and had
it welded in place so that it had the exact same form as the cloth
one. He
used a 1" honeycomb material for the coring and overlaid it with 1/8"
fiberglass sheet on the top and on the bottom. The whole thing was
faired and them Awlgripped.

Everyone who has seen it has asked where I had it made as it's by far
better than anything available commercially, such as a WaveStopper.
I will
point out that he said that he would never build another one! :-)

Here's a link to a photo of it:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

The bimini looks very nice.
What is the canvas top behind it.
I have not seen all of the sailboat.
Where is the dodger?

--Denis

The canvas shown in http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg is the
bimini without the tightening straps attached. This photo shows the hard
dodger before the Strataglass windows were attached to the tracks.

Here's another photo showing the bimini taut and the Strataglass installed.

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/canvas.jpg


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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While I didn't build a hard dodger myself, I had one built by a very
good craftsman in Ft. Lauderdale. He took the existing bimini
stainless and had
it welded in place so that it had the exact same form as the cloth
one. He
used a 1" honeycomb material for the coring and overlaid it with 1/8"
fiberglass sheet on the top and on the bottom. The whole thing was
faired and them Awlgripped.

Everyone who has seen it has asked where I had it made as it's by far
better than anything available commercially, such as a WaveStopper.
I will
point out that he said that he would never build another one! :-)

Here's a link to a photo of it:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

The bimini looks very nice.
What is the canvas top behind it.
I have not seen all of the sailboat.
Where is the dodger?

--Denis

The canvas shown in http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg is
the
bimini without the tightening straps attached. This photo shows the hard
dodger before the Strataglass windows were attached to the tracks.

Here's another photo showing the bimini taut and the Strataglass
installed.

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/canvas.jpg


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Nice, I like the color its the same as my canvas bimini and dodger.

On Sep 28, 9:56 am, Geoff Schultz wrote:
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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
. ..
While I didn't build a hard dodger myself, I had one built by a very
good craftsman in Ft. Lauderdale. He took the existing bimini
stainless and had
it welded in place so that it had the exact same form as the cloth
one. He
used a 1" honeycomb material for the coring and overlaid it with 1/8"
fiberglass sheet on the top and on the bottom. The whole thing was
faired and them Awlgripped.

Everyone who has seen it has asked where I had it made as it's by far
better than anything available commercially, such as a WaveStopper.
I will
point out that he said that he would never build another one! :-)

Here's a link to a photo of it:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

The bimini looks very nice.
What is the canvas top behind it.
I have not seen all of the sailboat.
Where is the dodger?

--Denis

The canvas shown inhttp://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpgis the
bimini without the tightening straps attached. This photo shows the hard
dodger before the Strataglass windows were attached to the tracks.

Here's another photo showing the bimini taut and the Strataglass installed.

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/canvas.jpg

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Nice Boat Geoff, are you ex-Navy? ie-Blue Jacket.

Joe

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On Sep 28, 9:56 am, Geoff Schultz wrote:
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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
. ..
While I didn't build a hard dodger myself, I had one built by a
very good craftsman in Ft. Lauderdale. He took the existing
bimini stainless and had
it welded in place so that it had the exact same form as the cloth
one. He
used a 1" honeycomb material for the coring and overlaid it with
1/8" fiberglass sheet on the top and on the bottom. The whole
thing was faired and them Awlgripped.

Everyone who has seen it has asked where I had it made as it's by
far better than anything available commercially, such as a
WaveStopper. I will
point out that he said that he would never build another one! :-)

Here's a link to a photo of it:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

The bimini looks very nice.
What is the canvas top behind it.
I have not seen all of the sailboat.
Where is the dodger?

--Denis

The canvas shown inhttp://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpgis
the bimini without the tightening straps attached. This photo shows
the hard dodger before the Strataglass windows were attached to the
tracks.

Here's another photo showing the bimini taut and the Strataglass
installed.

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/canvas.jpg

-- Geoffwww.GeoffSchultz.org- Hide quoted text -

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Nice Boat Geoff, are you ex-Navy? ie-Blue Jacket.

Joe

Thanks for the compliment. I'm not Navy, but the orgional owner was and
hence the "BlueJacket" name. The first owner never sailed it due to
family health issues and I bought it a year later for $60K less than he
paid.

I thought that the name fit the boat well. Freedom, the manufacturer,
used it as their show boat so they had it well debugged when I bought
it. What a deal!


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Geoff Schultz wrote:
While I didn't build a hard dodger myself, I had one built by a very good
craftsman in Ft. Lauderdale. He took the existing bimini stainless and had
it welded in place so that it had the exact same form as the cloth one. He
used a 1" honeycomb material for the coring and overlaid it with 1/8"
fiberglass sheet on the top and on the bottom. The whole thing was faired
and them Awlgripped.

Everyone who has seen it has asked where I had it made as it's by far
better than anything available commercially, such as a WaveStopper. I will
point out that he said that he would never build another one! :-)

Here's a link to a photo of it:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/hard_dodger.jpg


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Nice work!

But I can see why he wouldn't want to do it again.
It was truly a LOT of work.

Really looks appropriate on that boat too.

Richard

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On Sep 27, 11:00 pm, "Glenn \(s/v Seawing\)"
wrote:
Joel, I'm going to show my ignorance here...what is Origami boat design?

Glenn.

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On Sep 26, 8:02 pm, "Garland Gray II" wrote:
I made a hard bimini out of Deckolite (maybe Dekolite ?) that worked
well.
It is end grain balsa between skins of "glass. Stuff's rather
expensive
though.

"Glenn (s/v Seawing)" wrote in
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We cruise on our Gulfstar Auxillary 41 centre cockpit. Our bimini
is
now
old and will need replacing this season. I have been thinking of
replacing
with a hard bimini that will last longer than a sunbrella one, allow
the
mounting of solar panels, water collection & other cockpit
ammenities.

I am considering building one myself. Some folks at the boat-yard
suggested
building one out of some kind of foam, that can be cut & fit & when
the
desired shape is reached, painted with resin to harden and so on.

Anyone built a hard bimini? Advise? Used this foam stuff?
Advise?...what's the stuff called & where can it be aquired? Advise
on
bimini for a cruising boat?

Thanks all!

Glenn.
s/v Seawing

I built a hard top dodger. I used Ply and fiberglass and expoy. I
think that now I have looked around I have become interested in
Origami boat design. I think that using the origami method you could
shape a flat aluminum sheet into a curve to proper shape for a
bimini. With my next boat I am going to use the origami technology
build both my hard dodger and maybe a bimini.

Joel
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Glenn they are boats designed by folding paper.
Great method...no frames!!

http://www.origamimagic.com

Joe


That's fantastic...very interesting!

Glenn.