Date:         Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:16:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Westywoman <westywoman@MAC.COM>
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From:         Westywoman <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Awning Advice Please?
Comments: To: Kevin Turinsky <KTurinsky@mckinleycapital.com>
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on 3/21/00 12:50 PM, Kevin Turinsky at KTurinsky@MCKINLEYCAPITAL.COM wrote:


> I'm lookin' to buy an awning for the Syncro Westie.
>
> Kevin
> '89 Syncro Westie

Kevin:

Last year I purchased a Sunsail 2 Awning from EuroCampers.  I like very much
the waterproof and durable fabric from which the awning is constructed.  It
is connected to the Westy by a gutter "pole", which sits in the gutter
channel, and then the whole thing is clamped onto the gutter rail.
Stability in high wind or rain is very good.  The clamps that came with the
awning were less than desirable, so Steve Lashley of EuroCampers sent me
another set which worked much better.  The downside is that unless you are
very careful, you will probably end up scratching the paint on the gutter
rail.  The clamps need to be wrapped in something soft and thin like
electrical tape (?) so its not metal on metal.

The poles and stakes are both cheaply made, and I have already replaced the
stakes and will probably eventually replace the poles with some good,
extendable poles from a camping supply store.  But these will get you
started.

The whole package was about $159 US, which fit my under $200 budget, but
with the mods I will make, it will end up costing me about $200.

At the risk of repeating myself, however, the awning itself is excellent and
the gutter pole creates a very stable awning even in bad weather.  And
Eurocampers was a pleasure to do business with.

Check out the web page below for more info:

http://EuroCampers.com/page15.html

> "Anchored, down in Anchorage-Alaska"

A Michelle Shocked fan, eh?

--
Melissa Mourkas
81 Westy