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I looked at softtopper.com for their marine bimini and only found one size. What size is the one that you purchased?
The Bimini is the largest that one can put on a C22 46"HX72"L85"W... I wanted to be able to enter and exit the cockpit quickly.... I've had it now ten years and it's been on the old style I use to have (mounted on the outside tracks) and now on MKII (mounts on the inside tracks)
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Took some pics today just got back from vacation went on a boat hunting trip on the gulf coast looking at livaboards but anyway didnt find what we wanted this time so im still here hehe,
So heres the pics prettymuch without explination if anyone wants any explinations just ask they arent pretty pics just pics of some of the things ive done.
So heres the pics prettymuch without explination if anyone wants any explinations just ask they arent pretty pics just pics of some of the things ive done.
Soft topper look on ebay they sell a topper specifically for the catalina 22.
However as you can see from the pics of mine it isnt as wide but we like it and the price was right.
Ill try to find where i got my netting bought it last year so no guarantees there.
However as you can see from the pics of mine it isnt as wide but we like it and the price was right.
Ill try to find where i got my netting bought it last year so no guarantees there.
http://www.amazon.com/Products-Sto-Away-Folding-Reclining-Pacific/dp/B000MUTEDM
Thats the seat
The memory foam cuts easy with either a utility knife or scissors. You dont want matress thickness just topper. Then after you cut it then youll need to glue some of what you cut off to the top corners since its very wide at the top. Easiest to just take the cushions out and do it on the livingroom floor...or maybe not...but for me its easier
Thats the seat
The memory foam cuts easy with either a utility knife or scissors. You dont want matress thickness just topper. Then after you cut it then youll need to glue some of what you cut off to the top corners since its very wide at the top. Easiest to just take the cushions out and do it on the livingroom floor...or maybe not...but for me its easier
Wish i could remember where i got it but its been over a year and really don't remember it was some website
A quick search i found this site you want to find one like this though that sells it by the foot i didn't want to have pieced together setup
I just used white zip ties to put it up and since you need a way to attach it to at the bottom i used i guess you might call it a high stretch rope that i put on first around the entire boat around the rail. Interestingly enough i used the boats wenches to get the rope really tight tied it off then used zip ties to attach the netting.
Really pay attention when you buy the netting its not like just buying a rope since it spreads the taller you make it the shorter it gets which im sure you realize after ya think about it just wanted to make sure ya do
http://www.greatboatgear.com/index.php/onboard-safety-gear/lifeline-netting/lifeline-netting.html
Anyway that is the site i found. Isn't where i got it but the netti g is probably the best looking most functional and cheapest upgrade I've done.
A quick search i found this site you want to find one like this though that sells it by the foot i didn't want to have pieced together setup
I just used white zip ties to put it up and since you need a way to attach it to at the bottom i used i guess you might call it a high stretch rope that i put on first around the entire boat around the rail. Interestingly enough i used the boats wenches to get the rope really tight tied it off then used zip ties to attach the netting.
Really pay attention when you buy the netting its not like just buying a rope since it spreads the taller you make it the shorter it gets which im sure you realize after ya think about it just wanted to make sure ya do
http://www.greatboatgear.com/index.php/onboard-safety-gear/lifeline-netting/lifeline-netting.html
Anyway that is the site i found. Isn't where i got it but the netti g is probably the best looking most functional and cheapest upgrade I've done.
I thought about this for a long while, before I came up with the best upgrade. A lot of you know that this boat was just a winter project for me, I could bring it home on occasion, etc., and completely disassembled the entire boat. So it was ALL an upgrade, and made a pretty decent little day boat for lovely bride and I to play on. But the best is hands down, the ST 2000 tiller pilot. It added a whole new dimension to enjoying the thing, without attending to that accursed tiller. I have sailed it more than 20 miles at a time, without ever touching it.
I decided to post this today, while after leaving the marina, an Oday owner was inquiring about steering possibilities. He, as well as many, have tried every known "contraption", with meager results. Lashing, tamers, sheet to tiller, sail trim, none of this makes any difference if you so much as move from one side of the boat to the other, or forward. It changes the hull plan, and therefore will steer off course, (unless you sit very still at the tiller). If I had to keep this boat a long while, and could not get another autopilot of any kind, I would not take five thousand dollars for it. Seriously.
(And, I sold this guy a 1000+ dollar installation job after a short whiz around the yacht basin with it)....
I decided to post this today, while after leaving the marina, an Oday owner was inquiring about steering possibilities. He, as well as many, have tried every known "contraption", with meager results. Lashing, tamers, sheet to tiller, sail trim, none of this makes any difference if you so much as move from one side of the boat to the other, or forward. It changes the hull plan, and therefore will steer off course, (unless you sit very still at the tiller). If I had to keep this boat a long while, and could not get another autopilot of any kind, I would not take five thousand dollars for it. Seriously.
(And, I sold this guy a 1000+ dollar installation job after a short whiz around the yacht basin with it)....
Screen for front hatch: I'm doing an overnight in Newport RI for the tall ships on Saturday. I want to put something together. Do you remember where you got the netting and the hatch dimensions? Thanks!allen-deckard said:
Wow unfortunately im a cheepass. I had the netting left over you might say from a screened in porch attachment for our motor home we weren't using anymore. Had enough to make the screen for both the popup and the front hatch.
Basically open the hatch lay the screen over it cut the screen and sort of wrap it like a xmas present cut the excess then get ur sewing needle and thread and go to town.
I sewed in a half inch rope around the bottom of the screen to weigh it down did the same thing for the poptop
My suggestion is to head to a local good fabric store. A good o e is probably gonna have what you want and alto cheaper than anywhere else. Choose something heavy least i did don't want to nave to be carefull with it.
Basically open the hatch lay the screen over it cut the screen and sort of wrap it like a xmas present cut the excess then get ur sewing needle and thread and go to town.
I sewed in a half inch rope around the bottom of the screen to weigh it down did the same thing for the poptop
My suggestion is to head to a local good fabric store. A good o e is probably gonna have what you want and alto cheaper than anywhere else. Choose something heavy least i did don't want to nave to be carefull with it.
for cutting upholstery/mattress foam, whether its regular foam or memory foam, an electric carving knife saves time and keeps the edges smooth and perfect......
If you're wanting to make a fitted screen for the companionway, where the hatch boards go, it's pretty easy to build a small wooden frame, and the screen will slip in, and out.
It is 17 3/8" across the bottom, 32" across the top, 30 3/4" straight up and down, (height), and 31 5/8" diagonally from bottom corner, to top corner, (that's either left hand side, or right, up and down, NOT lower left, to upper right).
Hope that might help..
It is 17 3/8" across the bottom, 32" across the top, 30 3/4" straight up and down, (height), and 31 5/8" diagonally from bottom corner, to top corner, (that's either left hand side, or right, up and down, NOT lower left, to upper right).
Hope that might help..
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