Screens

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ken 120

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Hello All:

I boat in an area where Green-Head flies are around most of the season. Would like to screen in the front hatch and front window and then cruise with the cabin door closed-would like the screens to be "easy on and easy off" and stay in place when moving-I am sure someone has come up with such an invention-care to share?

Thanks

Ken
 
On our 1991 CD22, we made a crude set of window screens - I imagine there's a better way with velcro. We made long "rubber bands" with thin bungy cord, and cut screening to fit generously over the windows. It took both of us to put the screens on, but they worked.
 
Ken, you should be able to get a made to fit screen for the front hatch from the company that makes the hatch. My 22 and the 25 came with one. I made a storage rack for it from two 1" X 16" or so pieces of teak under the roof of the cuddy just aft of the anchor locker to store it.
 
Ken,

I had our local canvas guy make snap-on screens for the front hatch and front window and they work just fine. It also helps to hit the screens with a light spray of insect repellent to increase their efficiency. We often cruise with the door closed and the sliding screened door window open which allows good air flow and noise reduction. However, keeping the forward hatch open while running could cause of a number of potential problems.

Pics of screens in our album, page 2.

Hope this helps,

Nick
"Valkyrie"
 
i had Wefings install the OceanAir shade/screen on my Tom Cat and have been very pleased. This is a permanent install, not a removable screen. The unit consists of a retractable screen on one side and a retractable sunshade on the other side. West Marine sells a very similar unit that I think must be a relabeled Oceanair Marine unit.

I will post some photos of the installation soon.

Warren
 
so i made my own screen for the hatch. i saw it on a sailboat. i took screen door material from home depot and made a long rectangle and two triangles and a tube. the tube is sewn to the bottom of the whole screen 23 inches by 35 inches( see picture) and filled with pea gravel. works great and we toss it on at night. roll it up in the morning and stow it. i like that i can poke my head out without taking the screen off. i have purchased off the internet no seeum screening. for cheep. much thinner and more flexible than the screen door material from home depot and i will be make a few more for friends. if you need it i can send the dimensions of the pieces

susan elliott

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Ken
I see where you have received some very good suggestions concerning screens for the front windows.
What I did was to take the canvas aft door cover to a upholstery company in town. They made a screen door, using the same snap positions, for about $30.00. Now I keep the door open as well as the side windows (with screens) while underway. Good ventilation and you can count the flys that can't get in on the screen, or spray with bug spray.

Gary Palsgrove
C-SONG
 
We made screens for our C-Dory 22. We used screening from Home Depot and sewed bias tape around all the edges and then velcro. They work great and was cheap. You could put snaps on them. We made privacy curtains too with snaps.
If you come over to the C-Dory Gathering in June at Rock Hall Maryland you can check out what other people have done. Check out the thread on the Gathering for more info.
If you want, our boat is in the back yard in Pennsylvania just across the river. You can check out what we did.

Doug & Anne
 
We also made a screen for the rear cabin door - really helps with the flow-through. Joan followed the shape of the door with sunbrella, I put the snaps in that (same position as our privacy cover for the door), with all screen except the edges. We have found that when the bugs aren't aggressive (that's the case around our home), we can just snap the top two snaps, making it easy to come and go through the door.
 
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