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Boat awning poles
I studied various shade options for the lower deck on my flighbridge
cruiser. I came up with a $50 wind up umbrella from BigW (Australia) it sits in the rod holders on my inboard motor cover in the centre of the rear deck area. I use some ockey straps (elastic ties with hooks each end) to keep in position during windy days. It works very well and it is easily put down to fish or move on home. The one I got is anodised steel which has lasted 1 1/2 seasons so far with no signs of corrosion (salt water environment) Bloody wonderful (and cheap) "1" wrote in message ... Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. Any better ideas? |
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Boat awning poles
1 wrote in message ... Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. I made do with broom handles (varnished) inserted into copper pipe from a plumber. Holes drilled through the outer ends hold the support stays. It's worked for 4 years, but I take it down when the relative wind is over 25kts. JimB Yacht Rapaz, sadly for sale: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim.bae...cification.htm jim(dot)baerselman(at)ntlworld(dot)com |
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Boat awning poles
1 wrote in message ... Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. I made do with broom handles (varnished) inserted into copper pipe from a plumber. Holes drilled through the outer ends hold the support stays. It's worked for 4 years, but I take it down when the relative wind is over 25kts. JimB Yacht Rapaz, sadly for sale: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim.bae...cification.htm jim(dot)baerselman(at)ntlworld(dot)com |
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Boat awning poles
Just saw a good idea on a friends boat. He has a dodger plus a full width
boom crotch further aft. They made a sun/rain cover that fits between the top of the dodger aft and can be used when sailing. The cover can also be raised higher when at anchor or docked but it required an intermediate support. That was accomplished by redoing the top end of the stanchions nearest the aft end of the dodger. He just unscrews a fill fitting and screw in a stanchion extender on each side. A thwartship's pipe with curved ends fits between the two. The pipe comes apart in three pieces when it's time to stow it away. The cover itself has two more features. One is the ability to add on an extension to cover more of the boat forward. This can be added to even more to cover the fore deck if needed. The second is a 10" flap that hangs down all around the edges. This allows space to add on sidewalls if the need arises. Sorry I don't have a photo but hope you get the idea. It's much better than bungees! M. "Doug Dotson" wrote in message ... You might try anodized aluminum poles that are used in tents (contact Campmor) The fiberglass poles that are used in tents have anodized aluminum ferules as well. You might contact a company called Shadetree that makes awnings for boats that uses these types of poles. We use 1" stainless steel tubing for our awnings. Doug s/v Callista "1" wrote in message ... Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. Any better ideas? |
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Boat awning poles
Just saw a good idea on a friends boat. He has a dodger plus a full width
boom crotch further aft. They made a sun/rain cover that fits between the top of the dodger aft and can be used when sailing. The cover can also be raised higher when at anchor or docked but it required an intermediate support. That was accomplished by redoing the top end of the stanchions nearest the aft end of the dodger. He just unscrews a fill fitting and screw in a stanchion extender on each side. A thwartship's pipe with curved ends fits between the two. The pipe comes apart in three pieces when it's time to stow it away. The cover itself has two more features. One is the ability to add on an extension to cover more of the boat forward. This can be added to even more to cover the fore deck if needed. The second is a 10" flap that hangs down all around the edges. This allows space to add on sidewalls if the need arises. Sorry I don't have a photo but hope you get the idea. It's much better than bungees! M. "Doug Dotson" wrote in message ... You might try anodized aluminum poles that are used in tents (contact Campmor) The fiberglass poles that are used in tents have anodized aluminum ferules as well. You might contact a company called Shadetree that makes awnings for boats that uses these types of poles. We use 1" stainless steel tubing for our awnings. Doug s/v Callista "1" wrote in message ... Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. Any better ideas? |
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Boat awning poles
For a good idea for making a really nice awning look at Larry & Lin
Pardy's video tape. It's either "Cruising" or "Care & Feeding of the Offshore Crew" [I think it's the Cruising one]. They use two aluminum pool poles, the kind that extend and lock [twist lock]. They're cheap, anodized, and rugged. The tape shows some good details of how the awning should be made to withstand winds, rain, etc. TDS S/V Cimba "1" wrote in message . .. Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. Any better ideas? |
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Boat awning poles
For a good idea for making a really nice awning look at Larry & Lin
Pardy's video tape. It's either "Cruising" or "Care & Feeding of the Offshore Crew" [I think it's the Cruising one]. They use two aluminum pool poles, the kind that extend and lock [twist lock]. They're cheap, anodized, and rugged. The tape shows some good details of how the awning should be made to withstand winds, rain, etc. TDS S/V Cimba "1" wrote in message . .. Looking to make an awning. Lots of cruisers use pvc water pipe - it ages in the sun and breaks - but it's cheap. Friends have an awning that uses the bendy fiberglass tent pole supports - like glass fishing rod stuff. They disconnect with ferrules so are easy to stow - but all the ones they've seen have plated steel ferrules - they rust and stain the awning. Any better ideas? |
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