Stan: Do you have a source for the bimini fitting? Doug: Other small boats use something that looks like a trailer plug. I am thinking of using one of the newer, round trailer plugs myself. Murray: Thanks for posting about your knock-down experience. Thanks to the others for their comments and suggestions as well. Winter is really here so at least it has been interesting to read about sailing and plan those projects. Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY --- Stanley Winarski <winarski@cox.net> wrote:
I installed stainless steel spring loaded stops in my bimini so that I could disassemble the tubes but not have them come apart when I didn't want them to.
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--- Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> wrote:
2b - What do you recommend or use for the mast wiring thru deck. All of the fittings in the catalogs look ok for 35 footers. I am mentally down to using a trailer wiring harness thru a compression fitting from West Marine. Any Ideas?
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Steve, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. If you haven't already finished the job, here's my 2 cents worth: The buttons I used for the bimini came from Outdoor Textiles http://www.outdoortextiles.com/home.php However, I looked at an Airstream travel trailer yesterday and "discovered" their push button locks that they use on cabinet doors and drawers. I wonder if I can find those in stainless steel ....... and I'm wondering too if a simple fix wouldn't be to just insert a clevis pin hung from a short lanyard when ever the weather is such that I install the hatch boards. I've thought too of locking the boards and slide with a clevis pin too. Electrical - I used the West Mariner coax bulkhead/deck feed through ($9.98) inside a cable clam waterproof through-deck fitting for the radio. I had to drill out a larger hole to accommodate the feed through. I used the WM four prong chrome-plated brass electrical connectors (pg 619) @ $14.99 for the electrical fitting.
Of what material were the Airstream locks made, Stan? --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Winarski" <winarski@cox.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: Bimini, Plug, Knock Down Steve, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. If you haven't already finished the job, here's my 2 cents worth: The buttons I used for the bimini came from Outdoor Textiles http://www.outdoortextiles.com/home.php However, I looked at an Airstream travel trailer yesterday and "discovered" their push button locks that they use on cabinet doors and drawers. I wonder if I can find those in stainless steel ....... and I'm wondering too if a simple fix wouldn't be to just insert a clevis pin hung from a short lanyard when ever the weather is such that I install the hatch boards. I've thought too of locking the boards and slide with a clevis pin too. Electrical - I used the West Mariner coax bulkhead/deck feed through ($9.98) inside a cable clam waterproof through-deck fitting for the radio. I had to drill out a larger hole to accommodate the feed through. I used the WM four prong chrome-plated brass electrical connectors (pg 619) @ $14.99 for the electrical fitting.
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