I am the owner of a Dehler 36db and the boat is most of the time used as a sailing family boat. Any hints on how to construct a Bimini as the boom is very low and extends to the aft of the boat. Thanks
Bimini ideas
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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If the boom reaches to the boat’s stern and is low over the cockpit it will be near impossible to install a Bimini. You might consider hoisting a tarp or umbrella over the cockpit while at anchor or in a marina. Something that can be stored away while sailing.
If there is room beneath the boom you may be able to design a Bimini that works, even if it needs to be disassembled to go sailing.
If there is room beneath the boom you may be able to design a Bimini that works, even if it needs to be disassembled to go sailing.
I would go with a simple boom tent. Maybe it hooks easily and simply to a couple of telescoping boathooks. Fold it to stow in a cockpit locker, or elsewhere that is convenient.
-Will
-Will
I have a boom sail already, but I was thinking something that can be used when sailing especially for long trips (9 hrs trip). Thanks
We have a similar problem wanting shade on long tacks. Biminis were developed on outboard skiffs, not sailboats, so they cover the whole cockpit at once. Would it be possible to rig biminis to port and starboard of the cockpit instead of across the boat? You could unfold the starboard one when the boom was off to port, and the port one when the boom was off to starboard.
Our 25' Oday is similarly rigged . We installed a "V" in the sunbrella where the backstay intersected the bimini .The rearmost crossmember of the bimini is outboard of the transom .
It's somewhat a pain to install in the spring .Works very well in practice
It's somewhat a pain to install in the spring .Works very well in practice