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aoconnell6
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Initially Posted - 08/22/2002 :  16:18:54  Show Profile
Can someone tell me if they have ever installed a bimini
on a pop top catalina 25? If you have, where did you buy it
or if it was home made could you supply me with how you went
about it and how you fastened it to the boat.

Many thanks,
Ann
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/22/2002 :  16:49:28  Show Profile
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2d904b3127cce9f7cd9e65e340000001410" border=0>

Hi Ann,

Welcome aboard! My inexpensive bimini is a vinyl(not sunbrella) one that I bought from BoatUS for $139.00. It was originally $180, but it was a discontinued, off-the-shelf model, that was reduced to sell. The dimensions, I believe were 6 feet long by 82 inches wide and I mounted it to a pair of old track slides using external eye mounts($6.00) that I purchased separately. Since it was an off the rack bimini, I had to alter the height by about 10 inches, but that was done simply with my trusty pipe cutter I use for copper plumbing work. Since it is mounted on slides it can be moved both forward and aft depending if you wanted to shade the cockpit or maybe slide it over the poptop. In the picture, I have it mounted so it's just forward enough not to interfere with the mainsheet. When not in use, I fold it up, put the boot cover on it, and slide it all the way back so it is standing straight up against the backstay(I simply bungee the bimini to the split backstay after disconnecting the snapshackle on the mainsheet)and the height of the folded bimini is over six feet so it is very much out of the way. It wasn't that difficult of a job, inexpensive($145.00), and the cooling shade it provides on those hot, sunny days is worth it.

Don Lucier, North Star
C25 SR/FK
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OJ
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Response Posted - 08/26/2002 :  02:55:48  Show Profile
Ann,
If you're looking to do this project yourself, www.sailrite.com can supply you with everything you'd need.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/26/2002 :  22:34:02  Show Profile
Catalina Direct ( http://www.catalinadirect.com/ )is another source.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT
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capn rick
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Response Posted - 08/28/2002 :  16:34:17  Show Profile
I have an '81 pop top and JUST installed a Bimini from Catalina Direct. (Go Aluminum, not stainless-its cheaper) I also got cute and bodgered up a pair of genoa tracks ($18 ea) from Schaefer Marine to mount the Bimini on so that it slides back and forth depending on use, weather, stowage, etc. Theres a pix of this mod. on the Technical Tips Pages. Mine works well, doesnt hit the bottom of the boom (except when raising the Bimini) and I slid if far enough forward to clear the mainsheet.
Capn Rick #4238
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