Gemini Pusher Bar Kit

Efficient. Elegant. Simple.

At a very reasonable cost and little effort, you can replace straps on your dodger and convert it to the Gemini Strapless System with folding spreader bars. Improve access in and out of the cockpit, create strength and rigidity and have a top that will be tight — every time — without adjustment.

The Gemini Pusher Bar Conversion Kit for Dodgers
There are better ways to tension dodgers than with webbing straps. We have found that the simplest and most cost effective way to add rigid struts for tensioning is by the use of Pusher Bars. Pusher bars on dodgers, like spreader bars on biminis, can be transformed from rigid bars that are difficult to use into highly flexible, simple-to-operate tensioning struts.  By making the strut collapsible, you have a powerful lever that brings the strut smoothly into its full load position.

Instead of pulling aft on the back frame with straps, push it back with a pair of rigid struts.  This frame style only requires clear space on the cabin house to mount the struts.  It can be utilized on any frame style and leaves the aft end of the cabin house and combing completely free of obstruction when the side panels are removed.

Our basic conversion kit provides everything needed for the change-over:

• 2 assembled Gemini System folding struts with cast 316 stainless hinges, 36" in most cases
• 2 jaw slides, split or sliding
• 4 eye ends
• 2 deck mounts

Features:

• Offshore rugged
• More rigid/stronger frames
• Powerful tensioning device = tight tops
• Clears obstruction from aft end of cabin house
• Reliable repeat of tensioning
• Easy deployment and knockdown of frame

Here's how it works
Folding strut in locked position	Slide locking sleeve to one side	Fold and collapse the dodger

Pusher Bar Assembly
 

Optional Grab Rail Assembly