We have been contemplating a "full width" dodger to replace our 1995-vintage hatch width one. It is getting tired looking and nearing the end of the original fabric/window life.
This year we changed the main sail cover to a UK Lazycradle design, so that there is no long cover cloth draped down under the boom. Now there's room for a reasonable-height dodger. The trip north up the WA coast this summer certainly reinforced the need for some real shelter.
With a traveler aft of the companionway entrance it's more challenging to design a dodger. This problem is similar for the Olson 911, Ericson 33RH, and I believe for the E-36RH. Also the E-31C. The aft traveler on the E-35-2 would allow a more generous dodger, but the linkup with a bimini would still be a design consideration requiring some thougt.
if you have one of these boats or others with a similar mainsheet traveler that I overlooked and have a picture to post, that would be great.
I found a photo of a somewhat similar boat on the great Iverson dodger site.
http://www.iversonsdesign.com/images/photo_pages/2010_0425A_iTop/DISPLAY.html
Anyhow, as we head into the fall, it's a good time to ponder upgrades.
Edit: Attached is a picture of our present narrow dodger.
Cheers,
Loren
This year we changed the main sail cover to a UK Lazycradle design, so that there is no long cover cloth draped down under the boom. Now there's room for a reasonable-height dodger. The trip north up the WA coast this summer certainly reinforced the need for some real shelter.
With a traveler aft of the companionway entrance it's more challenging to design a dodger. This problem is similar for the Olson 911, Ericson 33RH, and I believe for the E-36RH. Also the E-31C. The aft traveler on the E-35-2 would allow a more generous dodger, but the linkup with a bimini would still be a design consideration requiring some thougt.
if you have one of these boats or others with a similar mainsheet traveler that I overlooked and have a picture to post, that would be great.
I found a photo of a somewhat similar boat on the great Iverson dodger site.
http://www.iversonsdesign.com/images/photo_pages/2010_0425A_iTop/DISPLAY.html
Anyhow, as we head into the fall, it's a good time to ponder upgrades.
Edit: Attached is a picture of our present narrow dodger.
Cheers,
Loren
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