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As far as not getting around to it, I was essentially in the same boat (pun intended).

I even went so far as bought the screen, had it on the boat, and even looked at all kinds of options for fitting the screens.

But, I couldn't decide how I wanted to do it, so I just punted and ordered the fitted ones...

I still have the roll of screen on board too, DLT

Fiberglass screen, Black denim, some velcro. 10-15 bucks for both hatches.

Ill send you my honorary

"Four birds on the wire" trophy to Scott.

Four birds are sitting on a wire, three decide to jump off.
How many are left??

Answer: Four, because deciding isnt doing.

Career advice - Dont tell this story to an Exec VP in a company meeting to make the point they cant get off the pot. Felt good though. Wonder why I had to change jobs soon after?

Yeah Scott, I even bought the velcro and had that on the boat too...

I went back and forth between velcro and weighted with lead pellets from a SCUBA weight. Yeah, I had the SCUBA weight on the boat too...

I even bought a little handheld sewing machine that I was going to use to temporarily stitch it together, then use my wife's real sewing machine for final stitching...

I just kept going back and forth, not really trusting my ability to make either approach look good. Then, just accepted, "well the others apparently work well 'cause there are several people on this board with them", so...

We purchased a Bugbuster screen for the front hatch this weekend and it performed perfectly. The screen is very fine and nothing got through.

THat is great news to hear as mine arrives in two days forward and cockpit and Main sail cover arrives Thursday . Sleeping over on the boat again Thursday night or Friday or . . .maybe both as the Wife is out of town on Business most of this week

Steal your wifes old negligee and check that it sticks to velcro. Stretch a piece of velcro on either side of the hatch,For the front hatch put velcro arroud inside lip. If you stretch bungy accross the winches the net covers the door. The front one sticks on all 4 sides and works just fine. You had no more use for that negligee anyway

Use one of her negligees? Hmm.. think I like it better on my pretty wife!

Where can you buy a BugBusters setup now, cheap?

Victor

The links in the second post on this thread show the cheapest I've found.

They simply are not cheap. But, they are first rate...

I kind of like the idea of the queen size bed netting that will fit over the Bimini and main companionway area. My wife and I like sleeping in the cockpit.

For those who went this route, where did you source yours from. Also, what weave do any of you find works best. I would like to keep out the small biters, but also want to allow some breeze to flow.

In stiffer winds, I would think the bugs wouldn't be a problem. No?

Being cheap, I use a heavy fiberglas screening from Home Depot intended for sun-blocking as well as bug-blocking use. Some left over Sunbrella for edging, my mother-in-law's 1940's vintage sewing machine (the thing sews through anything), and voila, a Velcro-fastened forward screen, and a companionway screen that works well. Lead shot for companionway screen ballast though I went a little overboard the first try by about three times as much as was necessary). The best part was not having to dip into the dollar sailing fund not hock the change of underwear I keep on board, so the around-the-world cruise is still affordable.