Hoffman cay

Comment by kim whitmyre on July 16, 2011 at 9:06pm

Greg,

do you keep your bimini up when sailing? Or do conditions cause it to come down?

 

We are green with envy, BTW!!

Comment by Greg Russell on July 16, 2011 at 10:00pm

Well when I was thinking about having a sun shade I thought a bimini would be good because I could take it down quickly so that I could sheet in my genoa closer, It has been about 4 months now and I haven't taken it down and I'm starting to wish that it was fixed rigid top. I need the shade when sailing especially in the summer heat. I should have put a window in so that I could see the sails better.

Comment by Greg Russell on July 16, 2011 at 10:24pm

I see you have a bimini top on your boat. The other problem I have on my boat is that when I am taking I can't go through the cockpit anymore it is good for sitting under. I don't notice any difference in going to windward not being able to sheet in as hard.

I think I will be in San Clemente this coming week visiting family and surfing.

Your boat looks good!

Greg

Comment by kim whitmyre on July 16, 2011 at 11:46pm

Mine is small; I can sit under it, but not while at the helm, unfortunately!  I do need to have deck tent built for non-sailing shelter.

Little by little, I'm getting the tiki into shape; there is always something to do!

Comment by Greg Russell on July 17, 2011 at 1:27pm

Yes boats seem to be never ending projects. I have a large tarp I put over the Bimini If I need a tent. The boom on my boat helps with this. My outboard sled hinges broke on the way to Walker Cay in the Bahamas luckly we can beach our boats.

Actually on the trip a lot of things broke and needed fixing or repalcement,

  1. Cell phone dropped in 15 foot of water.

   2. Laptop went intermitent then quit completely

  3. Camera card became full unable to download to laptop

  4. Autopilot went bad at West end Grand Bahamas didn't get it back until we got back to Maimi

  5. Main sail batten pockets ripping out

  6. New 9.8 Hp tohatsu outboard blew up, luckly still in US got warranty repair in 2 days.

It was still a lot of fun.

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