Cal 34 Mark III Cockpit enclosure pictures?

Hello, I am hoping someone out there has a Cal 34 that has a cockpit enclosure and that they are willing to share pictures. Our new-to-us Cal 34 came with a lovely dodger, bimini, and connector. I am interested in making/sewing a complete cockpit enclosure for the sides myself. I've watched the Sailrite video which makes it look quite doable if you sew a lot - which I do - but the Cal 34 Mark III cockpit configuration does not easily lend itself to designing an enclosure. It would be very helpful is someone else on the list has done this, or had one made for their boat and would share some photos. We could always move to someplace sunnier and drier I suppose! For now we are happy cruising the Salish Sea and North and would like to extend the season a bit... Thanks! Nancy Lewis-Williams Cal 34 Mark III Vashon, WA

Nancy, You are welcome to take a look at the way Nemesis’ enclosure was done. It has windshield and side panels on the dodger. The side panels zip into side panels for the front of the bimini. The back panel wraps around to join those panels just in front of the bimini frame. The aft section has does some fancy dancing around the bimini frame. It has a huge “smile” zipper in it which allows the back to be quite open in appropriate weather. I currently have all of the dodger panels in place in addition to the bimini and dodger tops. I will probably the back section this weekend. Typically, I leave the aft side panels out unless reaching in heavy rain. They are just too clunky for me. Nemesis lives at Tacoma Yacht Club, so you’d just be a ferry ride or better still, a quick sail, away. you can contact me at [ca… [at] gmail.com], or by phone at 801-389-4487. You could also inspect the boat when you come over to race Winter Vashon next month. Fred Haas 3-30 Nemesis Tacoma On Nov 9, 2017, at 12:05 PM, nl… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am hoping someone out there has a Cal 34 that has a cockpit enclosure and that they are willing to share pictures. Our new-to-us Cal 34 came with a lovely dodger, bimini, and connector. I am interested in making/sewing a complete cockpit enclosure for the sides myself. I've watched the Sailrite video which makes it look quite doable if you sew a lot - which I do - but the Cal 34 Mark III cockpit configuration does not easily lend itself to designing an enclosure. > > It would be very helpful is someone else on the list has done this, or had one made for their boat and would share some photos. > > We could always move to someplace sunnier and drier I suppose! For now we are happy cruising the Salish Sea and North and would like to extend the season a bit... > > Thanks! > > Nancy Lewis-Williams > > Cal 34 Mark III > > Vashon, WA > > >