[C38] Need vote for dodger design

[Max Soto]

Hey Les and everybody, thanks a lot for the tips!
I just started the dodger project. Frames have been fitted. Les, do they
look familiar?? I made them according to the template we took from JAce's
dodger a few years ago!
A starboard trim piece was added aft of the traveller, on each side in
order to attach the snaps. I'm making the patterns tomorrow, hope I manage
to do a good job and don't screw up with this small, but expensive project!
Max

2012/1/12 les <hlhowell at pacbell.net>

> Hi, Max,
>        That was magic!!!!
>        Just kidding.
>        I put eyes on the cabin top just behind the canvas partitions
> supporting the zipper for the middle panel of the window.  I added fold
> on eyes on the forward dodger frame, and connected the two eyes on each
> side with 3/4" stainless tubing with end eyes.  Then I drilled through
> the end caps for the eyes and thrubolted them to prevent them from
> slipping (I don't know how to weld, and couldn't afford to have someone
> do it.  Use the really hard bits for stainless and you should be able to
> get through the cap and tubing all four times without too much trouble.)
> Then I added a large piece of wood to the top of the dodger that I used
> to hold the solar panels (1x6 TEAK).  This was clamped to the dodger
> tube on the front center and back center, and thru bolted.  I will
> attempt to do a 3d drawing for you that will help understand how this
> all works.  But basically the top is now stretched between the two bows
> by the wood, and held down by posts at the front hidden behind the
> canvass on each side of the main window.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
> On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 12:07 -0600, Max Soto wrote:
> > ok, I guess option C is the winner.
> > I based that design on Steve S. dodger looks.. Iverson design, what
> > could go wrong?
> >
> >
> > Last weekend I was cutting and installing the frames, and noticed some
> > potential problems, like none of the  winch handles on the cabin top
> > won't make a full revolution,  so I installed the frames on the cabin
> > side instead of the top for more room. I gain 2" on each side and
> > still looks ok. Then, with the aft frame on position, installed 63"
> > above the cockpit floor (+1" diameter tube=64" total), that the
> > primary winch handle also, won't make a full revolution (as Mark noted
> > a month ago). So my options are removable side panels or a very short
> > side panels.. I don't now if in warm days, it will help to remove as
> > much as possible from the dodger. Never been on a boat with one
> > installed! The front window will have a zipper so I can open it.
> > The other concern is the change in direction on the lowest part of the
> > front window, right below the traveller. I have to redirect it forward
> > to the hatch cover. Some people are using some kind of rail or strut
> > for a tighter fit. When I checked Les's dodger on Jace, the dodger was
> > a perfect fit without anything holding it down, but it was made by a
> > professional, so I'll try to do it like it, and if I don't like the
> > result, I install something to hold it in place like the options I
> > have seen in some of your dodgers..
>
>
>
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Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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