Fotoman
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Look around the marina, but I would lean toward 4" to 6". The last thing you want is any chance for it to flap around in the breeze.Fotoman wrote:
I'm going to install a "skirt" on the flybridge (like the picture below). I've cut my material and I am now ready to install the eyelets. I'm wondering what's the right spacing. I'm thinking 6 or 8 inches. Any thoughts?
That is a tough one because what if you space them at 6 inches and the grommet winds up being right at a stanchion or support.Fotoman wrote:
I'm going to install a "skirt" on the flybridge (like the picture below). I've cut my material and I am now ready to install the eyelets. I'm wondering what's the right spacing. I'm thinking 6 or 8 inches. Any thoughts?
Wind deflection is one.* Also, we have had stuff---* things dropped on the deck*or blown off seats or whatever--- kept from going over the side by the skirts.* Also we feel better about having our dog up*on the flying bridge as he can't accidentally slip off the side.Conrad wrote:
so my question is what are the benefits? I can see some wind protection and that's about it.
Yep, that's one of the reasons I'm putting it up.Conrad wrote:
Well, except for my wife's protest once the skirt was removed that she no longer felt comfortable getting a really good tan...
I'll certainly go along with the bit about no rug rats or yard apes on a boat.* Evil things, kids.nomadwilly wrote:
Kids and dogs on a boat?* Screw that.
Yeah, but moments after that photo was taken those four kids were going at it tooth and nail over who got to wear the pink life vest and who got the blue one, then they ran around the boat for 45 minutes screaming just for the fun of it, then they had a pillow fight in the main cabin and broke the chart plotter off its base and cracked the screen, then they bitched for half a day about what they had for breakfast and what they were going to have for lunch, and eventually they all went to college and put their parents in the poorhouse after which they each got married to ex-cons who constantly whined about never having enough money and can we borrow some while their wives complained bitterly abut the one day a year (Thanksgiving) they had to make an appearance at their parents' house, and finally, as a last hurrah, had their parents shipped off to a care facility, sold the family house and contested the will.nomadwilly wrote:Dogs over kids?Look at this picture and say that.
A rule that should be*changed based on most of the kids I have witnessed on boats.* And it would help with the population problem, too.* FIshing with kids could inspire a whole new industry, let alone all sorts of cool reality TV shows. "Today we're going to demonstrate how to get multiple baits from a teenager," and "Trolling With Toddlers: Secrets the Pros Use."* Works for me.......Tidahapah wrote:
Dogs = live bait with a 14/0 hook.for crocks or sharks
You are not allowed to do that with kids.
Dear lord, help me to be the person My dog thinks I am.Marin wrote:
* I'll take a dog on board over a kid on board any day.![]()
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Hmmmm.... I've been around a lot of people that smelled a lot worse than any dog we've ever had.**nomadwilly wrote:
Dogs are stinky animals.
Humans are smarter and cleaner animals.
Or does the media not find it all that exciting when snails and possums do crazy stuff?Marin wrote:
On the other hand,*I've not heard of possums or snails blowing themselves up in order to kill other possums or snails, so perhaps humans aren't smarter than snails after all.
Ah,*but you are assuming that*brain surgeons have to*work on people.* How do we know that there aren't brain surgeon snails*who are absolutely brilliant at working on crows?**I bet there aren't any human brain surgeons who can work on something as tiny as*a crow's brain.**But if snail surgeons can,*well then, who's really the*more skilled surgeon?*Carey wrote:
How many brain surgeon snails do you know?
What the???Marin wrote:
And if a snail can perform successful surgery on a crow's brain and get him back in the air,
You ever been to India?nomadwilly wrote:
I tell people** ..especially young people that the most important thing they will ever do is to choose the people they associate with. Looks like you blew that one Marin.