J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Dodgers

David,

I was getting the boat ready for sanding and touching up the topside teak so took it off completely this morning. The canvas unsnapped from the deck, then I unzipped it from the forward and aft SS frame. This allowed me do lay the canvas out in the fwd V-berth without folding the plastic windows. Took about 3 minutes to disassemble.

I pulled off the frame (2 Phillips head screws and 2 quick release pins). I learned that I need to use Velcro to hold the aft SS arms from flopping around. The frame fits below and sits on the deck in the main cabin between the settees. I tried to move it to the fwd V-Berth. It's not going to fit in there. Now that I know that, I can take the entire dodger down and store it in 5 minutes.

Setting it up takes a couple minutes longer since you have to stretch the canvass to put the quick release pins in. I did it alone, but it would probably go much faster with another set of hands.

One clarification on the $1450 price I referenced previously. When I got the final invoice, the frame was an additional $200 and the total bill came to $1765.50 with RI sales tax. Still better than the other quotes I received.

Bill