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Hard Dodger?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:33 pm
by Max Entropy
I'm sure the topic must have come up from time to time, but has anyone here installed a hard dodger on a Mac? I noticed one on an
in this ad:
http://www.thunderbirdmarine.com/boat-info.php?ID=3890
- Nick
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:50 pm
by cptron
That to me looks like a hard top bimini over the companionway and not a true dodger unless they have sides and front that are snapped into place to deflect spray and rain while underway. I would rather have a regular dodger instead of giving up the main sheet traveler that I see is missing in these pics.
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:03 pm
by bartmac
Interesting...googled "tartarooga" for the whole range...came up
http://www.tartarooga.com
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:03 pm
by windypatrick
cptron wrote:That to me looks like a hard top bimini over the companionway and not a true dodger unless they have sides and front that are snapped into place to deflect spray and rain while underway. I would rather have a regular dodger instead of giving up the main sheet traveler that I see is missing in these pics.
Traveler attached atop the dodger perhaps
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Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:02 pm
by bartmac
Given the trailable nature of a Mac...and the need to be able to do highway speeds...will this be a problem!!??
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:17 pm
by Max Entropy
windypatrick wrote:
Traveler attached atop the dodger perhaps
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That wd be my preference, though on a bridge in front might also work, per the 2nd pic on the Tartarooga page:
http://www.tartarooga.com/
Had that arrangement on my last boat, with mid-boom sheeting. Was nice to get the traveller out of the cockpit.
- Nick
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:43 pm
by DanInCanton
Unless I'm missing something, I think you would have to remove, or at least lower the front end of the dodger, to step the mast.
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:26 pm
by bartmac
Didn't think of that...we have to lower our dodger to raise our mast and we carry our mast above head height in the cockpit ie our dodger can be up whilst the mast is in travelling position
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:20 pm
by DaveC426913
My PO had an extension made for the mast crutch so that the bimini can say up while he drops the mast. He used the boat primarily for inland waterways with lots of bridges.
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:35 pm
by bartmac
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:49 pm
by mastreb
Asked for a quote, bimini, doger, + both
Re: Hard Dodger?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:55 pm
by JohnCFI
Any of the UK based members know if anything like this is available in the UK (postal costs are crazy from the US)..
