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Hello Rhodies,

Art,

If you look on the photo website, you will see two photos of my boom room.  I think there is also a photo of my boat tied up to a dock at Kelly’s Island in Lake Erie, OH with just the boom room roof deployed.  I made the boom room myself by adding roof extensions and side curtains to my Bimini top.  When not in use, the front and rear roof extensions roll up under the Bimini top and are secured there with straps and snaps.  My boom room is designed to be used in conjunction with the GBI OEM pop top enclosure, which came with my boat.  The front roof extension goes all the way forward to the mast and covers the entire width of the deck all the way to the rail, port & starboard, alongside of the pop top enclosure.  This enables the front roof extension to function as an awning over the sides of the pop top enclosure.  Having an awning allows the side windows to be left open for ventilation in all but the most driving rain.  The downside of this design is that to go forward to the bow, you must go outside the rail and shuffle sideways along the toe rail until you are forward of the mast.  However, the boom room is normally only used at anchor or a dock, so going outside the rail is not usually a big deal.

This was, by far, the most difficult canvas fabrication project I have ever attempted!  It took me several months of sewing over a whole winter with lots of visits to the boat to check fit.  I’d never do it again!  However, you may be a more skilled canvas worker than I.  I wish you good luck!

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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