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Lightnup
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Initially Posted - 06/25/2005 :  23:38:11  Show Profile
Sunbrella, bought online at boatersworld. Mounted on the coaming tops, covers forward half of cockpit, companionway and good part of hatch opening, allows me to see the sail from aft of bimini. Bride is happy....thus, I am happy.


Steve Madden
'87 WK #5668 "Lorica"
Fort Myers, FL
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pjeffarch
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Response Posted - 06/26/2005 :  09:38:21  Show Profile
Nice and simple - I like that! Steve, I went to Boatersworld.com, and the list of bimini's is daunting - can you tell us anything of the model number, price, or how you found/ordered it? Thanks!
Paul J
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frog0911
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Response Posted - 06/26/2005 :  11:02:54  Show Profile
Very niece install Steve. That is the way mine was on my C25 and it was great being able to sail in the shade and yet be able lean back to peek out and check the windex occasionally.
Don't know what Boaters World prices are, but Overton's has their 6 foot, 3 bow, 78"W, 46"H Sunbrella Pacific Blue bimini for $269.99 plus shipping. That is the cheapest price I have found anywhere for Sunbrella. I bought one, but is the wrong size for my 250 so sold to a C25 owner that was in the market for one and ordered the correct one for my boat. The 6 foot, 3 bow, 90"W, 54"H Sunbrella was $309.99 plus 18.99 shipping. Could have got the same thing local for $300.00, but after tax in was $321.00. Anyway try overtons.com and I think you will like it.
Edited by - frog0911 on 06/26/2005 11:08:41
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/26/2005 :  12:35:29  Show Profile
Nicely done, Steve, but I hope you don't have a problem sailing downwind with the boom all the way to one side or the other. It looks to me as though the aft bimini straps might interfere with the main sheet.

I also wouldn't fit between the bimini and the bulkhead going forward.

Brooke
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 06/26/2005 :  13:15:10  Show Profile

Paul - Here's the link to the exact bimini that I installed [url="http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=570435"]bimini[/url], $279.90 + 13.00 shipping, including all hardware. 61" - 66" wide fits perfectly on top of the coamings with no mods. I didn't like the plastic mounts that they sent so used a couple of SS ones that I had:

Brooke - I appreciate the concerns but the rear of the bimini is far enough forward that the straps don't interfere with the mainsheet...it's just hard to tell from the angle of the picture. And regarding going forward between the bimini and the bulkhead, the boom is raised up on the pigtail so it makes the bimini look lower than it is. I can go up over the cabintop quite easily and I went forward several times yesterday by stepping outside the bimini from the rear of the cockpit.

Biggest problem is that our dock fingers are quite short so I have to unhook the forward straps in order for my wife to step aboard from the dock. She's not exactly a Wallenda), so I'd rather she not try walking around the outside of the bimini.

Steve
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/26/2005 :  16:05:55  Show Profile
Steve, it sounds like a winner. My modification was more complex, and leaves space forward of the bimini to go up and out. You're obviously more limber than I, even if not a Wallenda. If I were to do mine over, I'd go ahead and get a six foot bimini and have a slot cut for the backstay (I'd also have a skylight sewn in to check sail trim). Like you, I detach my forward straps (which I hook to the stanchion bases) at dock for easy egress. That also allows me to stow the bimini in its boot in hope it will last longer.

Our dock fingers are short too, but I dock bow in and board over the bow. Our alley is so tight it's easier to swivel the outboard to swing the stern for arrival and departure.

Brooke
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