screens

[Bill Stebbins]

Because of the mosquitos in the upper Great Lakes in the summer, I will have to put on screens in my CD 28 (power)- in the pilot house for night time survival. I am inclined to try velcro and mosquito netting but would be interested in any other creative solutions that you might have experienced.



stebbins@umich.edu

[Tom]

Because of the mosquitos in the upper Great Lakes in the summer, I will have to put on screens in my CD 28 (power)- in the pilot house for night time survival. I am inclined to try velcro and mosquito netting but would be interested in any other creative solutions that you might have experienced.

Bill:

For an excellent discussion of screens go to the search feature at the top of this board and type in screens. The second posting under portlight screens by Sam was the posting find of the year! I've used the velcro and screen method and it works OK but don't forget to screen the hawse hole for the anchor if any and also the engine breathing vents. It's amazing how those little buggers can find their way through those to your under arm.



TacCambria@thegrid.net

[sam]

Sure glad to be the posting find of the year!! I do also use velcro and mosquito netting in my hatches and companionway-- works well. I had not thought about the hawse hole or engine air intakes-- that's my find of the year thanks.

[Catherine Monaghan]

Don't forget the Spartan Marine, the original manufacturer of the portlights and matching screens on Cape Dory yachts is still in business.

They are located at Robinhood, Maine. You should be able to get replacement screens from them. I replaced all of the screens on my CD32 (sail not power) in 1997.

Call 800-325-3287 for their catalog.

catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 Realization
Raritan Bay

Because of the mosquitos in the upper Great Lakes in the summer, I will have to put on screens in my CD 28 (power)- in the pilot house for night time survival. I am inclined to try velcro and mosquito netting but would be interested in any other creative solutions that you might have experienced.

catherine_monaghan@merck.com

[Tom]

Sure glad to be the posting find of the year!! I do also use velcro and mosquito netting in my hatches and companionway-- works well. I had not thought about the hawse hole or engine air intakes-- that's my find of the year thanks.

I've been struggling with the screen problem for years. I refuse to pay the price the factory wants for something that gets brittle and cracks in a few years. I had tried gluing screen to doorskins, I had tried pouring epoxy around the edges of screen material and then cutting it to shape, I had tried duct taping screen to the ports, and was at my wits end for ideas. The lexan solution was a lightening bolt of innovatve thinking and I'm sure it will work. As soon as I finish my current projects I'm going to make some up. They should look good, last forever, and be less expensive than the factory plastic ones. That made my year! I'm thinking about a way to use the same idea to make covers for the Datamarine instrument pod. They are even worse than the port screens. Right now I've got sunbrella covers with elastic around the bottom covering them. I took some Datamarine covers and cut the centers out and glued transparent ruby windows in there to use over the instruments at night so that they don't disturb your night vision. Incidentally when that funky light in your compass burns out go to radio shack and buy red 12 volt leds. They are about 50 cents each, the red never fades, and I don't know if they burn out because one never has yet. I've got an anchor light solution that beats every one you've ever seen and I'm going to post it one day, but this is getting too long already and I'm saving it until someone asks about anchor lights on the bulletin board.



TacCambria@thegrid.net

[Warren Stringer]

I've got an anchor light solution that beats every one you've ever seen and I'm going to post it one day, but this is getting too long already and I'm saving it until someone asks about anchor lights on the bulletin board.

OK, I'll bite. What is the anchor light solution?

Warren



wstringer@aristotle.net

[Tom]

I've got an anchor light solution that beats every one you've ever seen and I'm going to post it one day, but this is getting too long already and I'm saving it until someone asks about anchor lights on the bulletin board.

OK, I'll bite. What is the anchor light solution?

Warren

Too late tonight, but I'll post it in the next couple of days as it takes a little explaining. Watch the bulletin board -- not in this section about screens.



TacCambria@thegrid.net

[sam]

tom you sound like my kind of guy. I too use red LEDs for my compass and they are great!! Hosefelt Electronics has EXTREMELY bright ones that I use as a mini flashlite on deck. So bright it can light the mast head fly up 55 feet. I too have an anchor lite I built- on/off with the sun -- and (for the Bahamas only) I added a bright flashing lite to it so coming home from a party I could find the boat among all the others. (I know USCG would have kittens)

For people with laptops: In QST magazine (a ham magazine) I designed a dc voltage booster; many boaters are using it to power 15 or 18 or 20 volt laptops from the boat's 12 volt battery (see last SSCA newsletter for a comment on it). Small efficient, almost no EMI noise. I source parts for this should anyone be interested. Ain't electronics fun.



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