Blue Water Yachts Full Enclosure for the 26X

[seahouse]

Hi Bertrand -

Nice pictures. Looks very “homey” and inviting in there.

I have a Dowsar full enclosure, which looks very similar to yours in a lot of ways. However I cannot sail (like, say, in the rain) with the connector panel (that connects the dodger to the bimini) in place, because the boom sweeps through the area it occupies.

It occurs to me that if the entire bimini were located lower than the boom that this would be possible. Is that the case with yours? And if so do you still have standing headroom under your bimini? I would also guess that there must be an arc-shaped zippered slot or similar to allow the mainsheets to pass through the connector panel? Or are they somehow otherwise accommodated?

Having that capability is nice to have available for those times when you want it. Not just for rain, but for maybe even...snow! Like it did twice here on Friday as I was driving my Mac to winter storage.

- Brian.

[DaveB]

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[DaveB]

I have a 1997 MacX and Bimini is about 4 inches above my head sitting down at helm, boom just clears it.
I don't know how people have bimini so high they have headroom standing up unless the gooseneck was raised.(maybe on later MacX models)
I will add my mast is raked 1.5 degrees aft, all new standing rigging to mac. specs. for length. New main with Mac. Specs. for foot,leach and luff lengths.
Dave

That seems like good advice on the backstay chafe panel. Does the enclosure come in other sunbrella colors? And what about screen panels, in your pics, they look like clear vinyl...does it also comes with screens or does that cost extra or is it unvailable?
That seems like good advice on the backstay chafe panel. Does the enclosure come in other sunbrella colors? And what about screen panels, in your pics, they look like clear vinyl...does it also comes with screens or does that cost extra or is it unvailable?

I just spoke with the guy who makes the surrounds for BWY, since I'm having him do some custom work on my dodger. (I'm having him install zippers which will let me attach a 50 watt flexible solar panel to the top of the dodger - I'll post photos when it's done). Ed was interested in my comment about the chafe problem, and said he'd look over some X's at this year's BWY Rendezvous, so he can add a patch of leather at the chafe location in future biminis he makes for X's. Regarding bug screens, the BWY surround doesn't incorporate bug netting. We made our own, using No-See-Um netting. The bug net velcros to the back of the dodger and goes over the bimini. It snaps down using the snaps for the surround. When we're in buggy places, we put it in place, without using the side curtains, and it works great. As far as colors go, I haven't actually asked, but I would imagine Ed could make one in any color that sunbrella cloth is available in.

[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

Q1, is that a commercial enclosure you have on your 26M, if so, do you know who made it? Or maybe it is a custom job from a local canvas shop...or maybe you don't know?

[Québec 1]

Q1, is that a commercial enclosure you have on your 26M, if so, do you know who made it? Or maybe it is a custom job from a local canvas shop...or maybe you don't know?

It's a custom job. Stanley at Russell's marine in Stockton springs Maine knows who made it. He told me it cost 6 grand.
Q1