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Pete_T
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Initially Posted - 01/04/2003 :  17:25:30  Show Profile

I'm interested in perhaps buying a C-25. I have never seen one with a Bimini installed aft of the boom so that the captain would be able to stand up, or below the boom for general coverage. My wife and I have damaged our skin boating over the years and want to minimize exposure...

Has anyone tried this or know of a functional design? I may need to go up to a 27 to fit a bimini...

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I need to act of this deal soon...
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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 01/05/2003 :  11:59:53  Show Profile
Hi Pete, welcome to the board. Here is a link to a past discussion on biminis. http://www.catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1607 At the bottom you will see a picture of one installed. There are more articles saved here on this subject. Just click the search link and type bimini in the open frame. Goodluck

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/05/2003 :  12:33:05  Show Profile
<b>"I'm interested in perhaps buying a C-25. I have never seen one with a Bimini installed aft of the boom so that the captain would be able to stand up, or below the boom for general coverage." - Pete</b>

Pete,

As Mark pointed out, there are a lot of discussions on bimini's in this forum. As far as standing up under the bimini, well, you would have to be slightly vertically challenged to be able to do this because there isn't exactly standing headroom under a C25's boom. I put a bimini on North Star last spring and it works beautifully. Here is a picture of it from last summer.

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The bimini is a vinyl, not sunbrella, bimini 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 pipe cutter I use for copper plumbing work. Since it is mounted on slides it can be moved both forward and astern. 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 wonderful. If you have any more questions just let me know.

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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Pete_T
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Response Posted - 01/05/2003 :  18:28:38  Show Profile

Thanks for the information!

Pete
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 01/05/2003 :  19:53:13  Show Profile
If there is a West Marine near you, look at their selection of Biminis. There is at least one C-25 in our sailing club that has been fitted with an off-the-shelf bimini from West Marine. The price was a around $250 if I recall, and the fabric is the usual dark blue Sunbrella used for sail covers. White might be better in the summertime as it would reflect more heat and be cooler to sit under, although it would be more difficult to keep clean than a dark colored one.

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25 #1205 "Quiet Time"
Sacramento, CA

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