Who Built a Dodger for their 19?

[crazycarl]

I'm in the infant planning stage of a long trip and would like ideas on a dodger.   I don't want a hard dodger as that may make it harder to sell the boat when the time comes.

Ideas?
Pictures?

[Bob23]

I used to be a Dodger fan, but now it's the Mets all the way!!
CC- Why not a removable hard dodger? Simple pine framing, thin plywood and some epoxy and presto! You got yourself a dodger!  Removable with stainless wing nuts.
Just my 2 cents- keep the change!
Bob23

[crazycarl]

Where's the rim shot when you need it?

My thought is a collapsible dodger would allow me easier access to the bow and removal for trailering.  With the supplies in my shop I could easily build a hard dodger and it would be cheaper.   As you know, I'm all about being cheap.  Just look in my liquor cabinet and clothes closet.

Thinking..........I could use 1/4" underlayment, and do I have a lot of cedar in the rack. 

Or, I could go the Salty19 route and mount a couple umbrellas above the companionway!

[kickingbug1]

 rainbow umbrellas

[crazycarl]

rainbow umbrellas

To match my genoa.

[Tim Gardner]

I've got a hardtop for my AH Sprite that would work as a dodger on a 19.

TG

[brackish]

Hey people, come on, I know it's Crazy Carl, but this is a serious question.  I'd like to have one too. With my ever declining back health it would give me at least two square feet of standing headroom below.

[slode]

Don't know if anyone here has checked out the dodger Des had made for his Eclipse.  I know it's not the exact same companion way as the 19, but close.  It sure looks sweet. 

https://cpyoa.com/forum/index.php?topic=12014.0

[crazycarl]

That dodger looks great.  That is just what I was thinking.  I've been looking at buying the stainless tubing and fittings and fabricating one myself.  Our daughter sewed up a new bimini top for the existing frame and she could make the covering for the dodger.  (she just doesn't know it yet)

I think a dodger would make Joanie much more comfortable as it would provide more shade and allow us to keep the sliding hatch open on rainy nights.