[Public-list] anchor locker hatch

[Christos Katehis]

Richard, what a masterpiece you have there. She looks brand new! Thanks for the pics.

Chris
Kasia #383



ichard.hazlegrove at wachovia.com wrote:
A couple of comments to J Bergquist's plans to build a dodger from the 
Sailrite kit. 

When I purchased Quest about ten years ago, she was equipped with a 
serviceable dodger on a well made stainless steel frame. After a few 
years of patching, replacing the glass, and re-sewing seams, I obtained 
a quote to replace the dodger that considered excessive. I decided to do 
it myself using materials and an instructional video from Sailrite. What 
takes them an 45 minutes on the video probably took me 70 plus hours of 
work over the winter. Overall I am very pleased with the outcome but it's 
a lot of work. There are few right angles, so much of the work involves 
sewing seams with very precise compound curves. Tolerance must be less 
than 1/8" or you get wrinkles. Much different than sewing slip covers. For 
those of you who have a lot of down time over the winter and want to take 
on something different it's actually fun. It probably doesn't make 
economic sense to do it yourself but then again if we considered the time 
value of our labor, I doubt any of us could afford these great boats. If 
anybody is interested, I have some photos of various systems on Quest 
that includes a few of the dodger. They can be found at: 
http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareSignin.jsp?shareCode=ADB7962C1BD&cp=ems_shr_alb_pml&cb=PW
(It's a little easier to view if you hit the full screen button, then the 
pause button and use the arrow buttons to advance the images. To 
temporarily remove the play/pause screen from the image, move the cursor 
outside of the picture frame.

Richard Hazlegrove
Quest 433
Mobjack Bay, VA. 




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