Rich, Craig, FYI - My admirable also requests a disc (CD or 3.5) at Longs etc.when she turns in 'film' from the 'aim & shoot' cameras - so we can take film photos and email them as digital photos (e.g. great shots of the Grandkids). It just means checking the right box on the film developing envelope.
Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 5:53 PM Subject: M_Boats: boom tent > > Rich, It would probably be more hassle than you'd want to go to, but you can > have normal photos scanned and put on diskette at instant copy shops like > Kinko's. I think Wal-Mart might have such a service, also. Thanks for the > excellent description. --Craig > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Montgomery Boats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:12 PM > Subject: boom tent > > > Tom: > > I'd need a digital camera and some assistance with transferring the > pictures to a web site. > > Hogin Sails made a boom tent for Bert Felton. A picture of his setup is > in one of the old newsletters. Mine is similar except that it extends > forward of the mast with an open area to see what's going on off the bow > ( I throw the sail bags up there at night so I have more room below and > they won't be wet in the morning). It neatly fits over the lifelines > and stern pulpit approximately three to four inches. You have > approximately 5'7" standing headroom from the cabin sole to the bottom > of the boom. I've never used the hatch boards when the tent is up. It > has a zipper which you can unzip and zip from the inside as well as the > outside at the end of the boom extending to the stern pulpit. The boom > tent keeps you dry and warm and give you lots of privacy. It also seems > to keep the bugs out. Many times when I anchor in the early evening I > am attacked by all sorts of bugs but as soon as the tent is up they > seem to stay away. I cook with the Origo stove and hang a candle > arrangement from the boom for light, which I got at a backpacking store. > > It's also a great duck blind. Recently, at Silver Lake at the lee side > of Treasure Island ( Hwy 88 at 7,200 foot elevation), I would sit on > the bottom of the cockpit floor and watch all the many different birds > swim all around the boat without a clue that I was there. You can take > some fantastic pictures. > > The construction of the tent is first class sunbrella. Margaret and a > helper spent almost an hour on the boat taking measurements. The cost > was over $ 500. but it has made a world of difference in enjoying > overnight trips. I don't like camping and I was really disappointed > when I stayed on the boat overnight the first year I had "Really". Now, > I go on six to ten trips from Spring through Fall and can handle one and > sometimes two nights without any misgivings-yet. > > I also had lee cloths made. This time by the Spinnaker Shop in Palo > Alto. They are classy looking. I can use them for privacy around other > boats or as an addition to the boom tent to keep wind, rain, and bugs > out, if need be. I've really only needed them to keep the wind out > while cooking when anchored off the stern cleats, which I often do > during the warm valley nights at Woodward, McClure or Don Pedro > Reservoirs and at my favorite go to sailing lake - Trinity Lake. > > I won't use the boom tent during the winter months because I don't want > to get it dirty. I cover the boat with canvass. > > > Rich Cottrell > "Really" M15 # 288 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
