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thank you.  I will be doing the water system in the water, the engine, the yard is doing.  i forgot how long it takes to drain both of our water bladders so it didn't happen yesterday.  I didn't want to burn out the pump!  thanks for the advice, everyone.  i still haven't decided about the cushions.  it would be a PIA to get them down the ladder, in the winter but also, i'd hope this cover keeps the most dry and i can open the windows like other people have said. i have almost 6 gallons of pink to use (some from last year) so i won't be frugal! WM had it for $3.00

engine is being done by gregory's.  thanks

do people take their cushions off, in the winter (if you store, of course)?  I have, for two years, under shrink wrap and i'm thinking about not going through the hassle, this year.  Of course, I have to see how water tight my cabin top is, and how good my brand new cloth cover is too.

second, how much "red pop" do you go through, for the water system?  I thought it was only 2 gallons but my beneteau 50 owner had me buy 5.  we only put it, what - in the lines, in the head, in the sump and a little in each holding tank, right?

thanks in advance
becki kain hull 99 1986

oh.  i don't have anything to snap it to.  so maybe i will use chain.  thanks

did you put the washers just on the top, not the sides, for the companionway?  thanks

I will Ron, thanks.  I'm an MK1 though, I think.  hull 99 1986, right?

if i'm using galvinized chain though, won't that be heavy enough?

thanks.  I'll make it for less than 90 i'm sure

oh, i should do the main hatch on top too!  thanks!

oh!!!!  i LOVE IT!  i was wondering, if i sewed in rope, how it would hold down but chain works perfectly!  thanks!

how much fabric did you need?  i was thinking of ordering from here - http://www.mosquitocurtain.com/store/raw-netting.html

i had been meaning to make a screen for the companionway.  guess that's something to do this weekend!  what fabric do you recommend?

and that's the issue - the toss up between vents and wasps.  right now, i have masking tape on the inside of the slots.  boo

i will try hot shots when I'm not on board the boat but I'm more concerned with fixing my sliding hatch top and front teak so it fits snuggly.  does everyone else's not fully fit?  and I have no idea what to do with the slots, in the hatch board since she can get in there.   Id rather keep them out than kill them when in. 

odd use, i'm sure, for butyl tape but when i bought it from RC, he only sells it by 2 rolls (units) and I'd already rebed a lot of deck hardware so i have plenty.  i also have a mud wasp who has made a nest over my nav station.  it has to be within the past few days since i was just on my boat, scared the poop out of me.  i put my hatchboards back on, which i didn't have this set on last year when I has wasps onboard, and waited.  she 's getting in through the slots of the new hatch boards so i put masking tape on the inside of the board and when I closed up the boat, i put masking tape all over what looked to be open, between the hatchboads, the cabin sliding top, and the trim teak since i had wasps last year and a solid board for a hatchboard.  would butyl, put on the hatchboards, and everywhere else, not leave a mark, even in heat, not melt and be a good substitute for tape? 

thanks

becki kain
hull 99, 1986, c34

thanks.