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Design ideas for your next sail cover.
[landlpardey.com, May 2001]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary to help design and choose a bimini or dodger. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Matthews rates the equipment that he found most useful, including his dodger and enclosure, on a cruise from Charleston down through the islands to Venezuela.
[SailNet]
The Pardeys prepare their 29-foot cutter for rounding of Cape Horn. Storm sails, a way of setting non-roller sails from the bowsprit without going forward, a low-profile hatch dodger, companionway latch, and a half-dozen more ideas are presented. 6 pages with photos.
[Cruising World, September 2003]
A couple who have completed at 10,000-mile tour of the Pacific on a 31-foot cutter talk about what equipment they chose and how it worked, including their dodger, bimini and sail cover..
[Ken Machtley / Cathy Siegismund, Redmond, WA, USA]
A 40-year-liveaboard couple describe the redesigns and upgrades they have made to their 40-foot cruiser over the years, including improvements to the cockpit windshield.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
Building a laminated wood dodger roof.
[Cruising World, June 2001]
Detailed steps, with illustrations, for fitting your bimini around your backstay.
[Sailrite Enterprises. Inc., Churubusco, IN, USA]
Good photos of a custom-made hard dodger.
[Jeanne Pockel's Cruising Dictionary, USA]
A boat owner recounts the steps involved in creating a bimini from Sunbrella seconds, aluminum tubes, fishing rod holders, and a sewing machine. Good detailed photos.
[The Bilge, USA]
Do not speak to me of aluminum frames and marine canvas for I have seen them at their best and they are the worst.
Ron Chappell
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