looking to buy but wanting to try
- rwmiller56
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Re: looking to buy but wanting to try
Do you have the BWY dodger?Catigale wrote:I stay dry behind a dodger on my roger...
How well can you see through it after it is good and wet?
I am thinking of getting one.
Thanks,
Roger
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Re: looking to buy but wanting to try
I never found the source for mine - bought the boat in 2002 from Art Reiders at Havencraft in MA.
I suspect he had a local canvas shop make it - my full enclosure was about 1500 USD (included bimini, dodger, and 4 other pieces.
Not as fancy as the BWUY one and doesnt have standing headroom, but great on the Cape for making space for 6
I suspect he had a local canvas shop make it - my full enclosure was about 1500 USD (included bimini, dodger, and 4 other pieces.
Not as fancy as the BWUY one and doesnt have standing headroom, but great on the Cape for making space for 6
- rwmiller56
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Re: looking to buy but wanting to try
Steve,Catigale wrote:I never found the source for mine - bought the boat in 2002 from Art Reiders at Havencraft in MA.
I suspect he had a local canvas shop make it - my full enclosure was about 1500 USD (included bimini, dodger, and 4 other pieces.
Not as fancy as the BWUY one and doesnt have standing headroom, but great on the Cape for making space for 6
Sorry, but you didn't answer my question...
Can you see through the dodger window when it is wet? Or do you have to wipe it off or peek around it?
Thanks,
Roger
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Re: looking to buy but wanting to try
I can, if its snotty enough to keep getting hit by water, it seems to drain pretty well. I do tend to avoid those conditions though to be fair. Ive never gone and cleaned it while underway
- rwmiller56
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Re: looking to buy but wanting to try
Thanks. I'm probably going to get one eventually. Those type of conditions are actually present just about every summer afternoon on SFO Bay. I have a friend with an Ericson 37, and he laughs when I say I want a dodger, claiming that he doesn't need one. But at 16000 lbs displ, his boat knifes through the water, whereas the Macs tend to bounce over the waves a bit more. Plus, I motor much faster than him, therefore taking more spray.Catigale wrote:I can, if its snotty enough to keep getting hit by water, it seems to drain pretty well. I do tend to avoid those conditions though to be fair. Ive never gone and cleaned it while underway
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Re: looking to buy but wanting to try
Geoff R thanks for the day on the water.I loved it ,the Admiral love it. Last road block is getting a good tow vehicle.
