Rich, It would probably be more hassle than you'd want to go to, but you can have normal photos scanned and put on diskette at instant copy shops like Kinko's. I think Wal-Mart might have such a service, also. Thanks for the excellent description. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <rc2222@postoffice.pacbell.net> To: "Montgomery Boats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: boom tent Tom: I'd need a digital camera and some assistance with transferring the pictures to a web site. Hogin Sails made a boom tent for Bert Felton. A picture of his setup is in one of the old newsletters. Mine is similar except that it extends forward of the mast with an open area to see what's going on off the bow ( I throw the sail bags up there at night so I have more room below and they won't be wet in the morning). It neatly fits over the lifelines and stern pulpit approximately three to four inches. You have approximately 5'7" standing headroom from the cabin sole to the bottom of the boom. I've never used the hatch boards when the tent is up. It has a zipper which you can unzip and zip from the inside as well as the outside at the end of the boom extending to the stern pulpit. The boom tent keeps you dry and warm and give you lots of privacy. It also seems to keep the bugs out. Many times when I anchor in the early evening I am attacked by all sorts of bugs but as soon as the tent is up they seem to stay away. I cook with the Origo stove and hang a candle arrangement from the boom for light, which I got at a backpacking store. It's also a great duck blind. Recently, at Silver Lake at the lee side of Treasure Island ( Hwy 88 at 7,200 foot elevation), I would sit on the bottom of the cockpit floor and watch all the many different birds swim all around the boat without a clue that I was there. You can take some fantastic pictures. The construction of the tent is first class sunbrella. Margaret and a helper spent almost an hour on the boat taking measurements. The cost was over $ 500. but it has made a world of difference in enjoying overnight trips. I don't like camping and I was really disappointed when I stayed on the boat overnight the first year I had "Really". Now, I go on six to ten trips from Spring through Fall and can handle one and sometimes two nights without any misgivings-yet. I also had lee cloths made. This time by the Spinnaker Shop in Palo Alto. They are classy looking. I can use them for privacy around other boats or as an addition to the boom tent to keep wind, rain, and bugs out, if need be. I've really only needed them to keep the wind out while cooking when anchored off the stern cleats, which I often do during the warm valley nights at Woodward, McClure or Don Pedro Reservoirs and at my favorite go to sailing lake - Trinity Lake. I won't use the boom tent during the winter months because I don't want to get it dirty. I cover the boat with canvass. Rich Cottrell "Really" M15 # 288

Rich: I¹d sure like to see that boom tent, as would many other people. How can we get pictures? -- Gary Hyde M15 #235 "Vanilla" on 2002-12-04 4:12 PM, rc2222@postoffice.pacbell.net at rc2222@postoffice.pacbell.net wrote:

Tom:

I'd need a digital camera and some assistance with transferring the pictures to a web site.

Hogin Sails made a boom tent for Bert Felton. A picture of his setup is in one of the old newsletters. Mine is similar except that it extends forward of the mast with an open area to see what's going on off the bow ( I throw the sail bags up there at night so I have more room below and they won't be wet in the morning). It neatly fits over the lifelines and stern pulpit approximately three to four inches. You have approximately 5'7" standing headroom from the cabin sole to the bottom of the boom. I've never used the hatch boards when the tent is up. It has a zipper which you can unzip and zip from the inside as well as the outside at the end of the boom extending to the stern pulpit. The boom tent keeps you dry and warm and give you lots of privacy. It also seems to keep the bugs out. Many times when I anchor in the early evening I am attacked by all sorts of bugs but as soon as the tent is up they seem to stay away. I cook with the Origo stove and hang a candle arrangement from the boom for light, which I got at a backpacking store.

It's also a great duck blind. Recently, at Silver Lake at the lee side of Treasure Island ( Hwy 88 at 7,200 foot elevation), I would sit on the bottom of the cockpit floor and watch all the many different birds swim all around the boat without a clue that I was there. You can take some fantastic pictures.

The construction of the tent is first class sunbrella. Margaret and a helper spent almost an hour on the boat taking measurements. The cost was over $ 500. but it has made a world of difference in enjoying overnight trips. I don't like camping and I was really disappointed when I stayed on the boat overnight the first year I had "Really". Now, I go on six to ten trips from Spring through Fall and can handle one and sometimes two nights without any misgivings-yet.

I also had lee cloths made. This time by the Spinnaker Shop in Palo Alto. They are classy looking. I can use them for privacy around other boats or as an addition to the boom tent to keep wind, rain, and bugs out, if need be. I've really only needed them to keep the wind out while cooking when anchored off the stern cleats, which I often do during the warm valley nights at Woodward, McClure or Don Pedro Reservoirs and at my favorite go to sailing lake - Trinity Lake.

I won't use the boom tent during the winter months because I don't want to get it dirty. I cover the boat with canvass.

Rich Cottrell "Really" M15 # 288

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