I bought a small tarp and put it over the boom and bungeed it to the lifelines. Have not used it often, but dirt cheap and worked fine when we needed some sun protection in the cockpit. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Jul 10, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Shawn Wright via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > A common method around here is to use 3/4" or 1" PVC pipe across the boom, > pulled down to the toerail with lines to create a curved surface for a tarp > or canvas to lay over. The nicer ones will have channels sewn into the fabric > to insert the tubing. Very light, cheap, and reasonable easy to setup, > although storage can be an issue depending on how long the tubing is. I've > thought about making something like this to provide more rain protection, > since our bimini stops short of the dodger. We already carry a Walker Bay > sailkit, which is about 8' broken down, and stores in the quarter berth, so > as long as the poles are kept to ~8', it could be stored in the same place. > > -- > Shawn Wright > shawngwri...@gmail.com <mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com> > S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 > https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto <https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto> >
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