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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff><tt>From:</tt> <tt>
"alberg30" <alberg30@interactive.net></tt>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To the Group:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still need a good measurement to determine the
max height of the hard dodger, so it doesn't interfere with the boom. My mast is
currently unstepped, so if anyone has their boat available, I need the following
measurement:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Setting the boom as low as it will go on the sail
track, and adjusting the main traveler to simulate having the mainsail tightened
in all the way, I need the max distance available from the most forward part of
the cockpit (the step just before the companionway opening) to the bottom of the
boom. Another measurement would also be the max height from the cockpit sole to
the bottom of the boom.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have previously taken some loose measurements
around 44" from the cockpit step to the bottom of the boom at the bottom of the
sailtrack, but I may have been off. Can anyone confirm this
dimension?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Update: having futilely attempted to build a
frame-less hard dodger mock-up, I eventually resorted to building the frame, and
then bending my pattern around the frame. The result looks really good. But
appears conservative on size. Considering my original measurements from some
months ago, I am now wondering if I can make the dodger a little bigger. Bigger,
I would think is better. More visibility, more room. Unfortunately I don't trust
my half-ass measurements from months prior.(I used another Alberg30, that is no
longer available.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your help;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe #499</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"One Less Traveled"</FONT></DIV>
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