by Breakin Wind » Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:18 pm
I had more experiences that I wanted last year, sailing out on what seemed to be a good breeze, only to have it stall once I got well onto the lake. On those days, I spent a lot of time floating trying to think of how a Bimini or shade of some sort could work on my DSII, and came up dry (and hot) again and again.
I'm using the center boom mainsheeting so (for me) the Bimini would have to be entirely behind the sheet, but because of that, it could be a simpler basic square surface. For others using end boom sheeting, it would be reversed, the Bimini would be more forward, but have to be laid out not to interfere with the sheet when the boom was out. Because I'm still using a very second hand slightly undersized mainsail, I can put my boom up a little higher to get additional head space which is a benefit, but only until I invest in a real set of sails.
I'm glad you asked this question, I'd forgotten about it for my winter projects list and so maybe I'll spend a little cold time thinking about it too.
Let me know if you come up with anything and I'll do the same.
Thanks -Scott