>Mine works a lot better aboard Scamp at five knots than it does on the >Westy at fifty knots...but "nicely warm" is about what I generally see. I >remember one time it was too hot to stand under after a very sunny hot >afternoon. And of course it works very poorly if the clear side is >down. It doesn't keep heat any better than you'd expect of something >completely uninsulated. > >david
Hi David --- maybe I'm completely missing the point here. I've been putting the black side up to the sun thinking that black absorbs the heat better. Should I have the clear side up??? Am I about to feel very foolish............? Doug |
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