Sasha new pane

Those old windows we thought, this will not do.

So, out with the old and in with the new!

Cutting, chiseling, scraping out goo,

fitting and cutting for a better view.

The old plexiglass is sharp, beware!

Amarine window ports look to be fair.

And they can be opened to let in some air.

If it leaks a little, tighten just a hair.

A boat can be recognized from the shape of it's ports,

That is a distinctive shape, of course.

Eclipse is now all out of sorts;

Is that really a Mac? Will be the retorts.

Sun and Rain

If we're going to be out there for months, in the rain, in the sun, in the bugs, it would be nice to have some protection. The bimini gives us shade when sailing, as it is behind the swing of the boom.

I've added upright extensions so that when our mast is prone, it is held above the bimini, which is about two feet higher than stock. My task became to erect a tarp over the horizontal mast to cover the cockpit.

Here's what I came up with. The sides can be unrolled for serious weather, and mosquito netting can be hung beneath.

It can also be erected when the mast is upright.