Bimini Hood

As the school holidays race by under a torrent of foul weather I've been working on Misty to make the most of my time. In a fit of pique I went out and bought myself a bimini hood.
Ideally I wanted a hood to cover the sliding hatch so's I could sail or go below while protected from rain or beating sunshine. A few years ago I bought an engineless Folkboat up from Pittwater. In the height of summer over an almost windless three days I experienced really bad sunburn, mostly to the tops of my feet strangely enough. But it provided a reality check about gales vs. sun exposure.
Well, it wasn't until I'd  bought the smallest Oceansouth bimini and laid it up in the cockpit that I realised it would not be a five minute job. Dodging a mid-boom mainsheet, backstays and sheet winches keeps you busy. I won't bore anyone with details, because every matchup between sailboat and bimini will be different.
At the moment I still need to host the main to check how far forward I'll have to move the mainsheet point along the boom. But as the weather just now is either pouring rain or blowing in gusts, I have to wait.
Well it doesn't shelter the main hatch, but it feels cosy. It may also looks a bit "shantyboat" (not a bad thing), but it folds back easily enough for those more energetic sailing days.