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    Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 11:20pm
Last year when we still had the 171 we had this awning made:
 
 
 
 
It is (was) 7x7 feet and served us very well.
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Line tensioners from bottle tops:
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This is the awning rope:


It takes a pretty heavy duty sewing machine to sew it on.
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Posts: 571 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 9:48pm
A number of folks have purchased similar awnings from a company they found on eBay. Search on awnings... As I recall they were under $200. Based on the same principle as Huron Sailors.
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Would You tell me which particular awning rope you used to fit the C Channel.  I would really like to make one of these!  Thanks for the website.
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Next time you have it up, can you get a close-up of the tensioners?  I'm curious how that works.
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The bead comes prefabbed, you just sew it on. It's called awning rope. I got it from a company called Sailrite in Indiana. Great company, been dealing with them for years. Here's a link to their online catalog page:



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Your awning looks great and very functional, also appears easy to put up.  I would like to know how you made the 'Bead' that fits into the C Channel?  Thanks, and great job!
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Originally posted by techntrek

Looks nice.  Not too dark under there either.

Thanks. It provides shade but lets filtered light through.  I can set it up by myself in about 5 minutes.

When I replaced my sails years ago I saved these. It seemed like a shame to just toss all that fabric out.  They've just been waiting in my basement for the right project to come along.  Just for giggles I used plastic screw caps from one liter pop bottles for line tensioners.  
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Hmmm, its a standard jpg image, don't know why you can't see it.
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