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Title:Powerboats
Notice:Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267
Moderator:KWLITY::SUTER
Created:Thu May 12 1988
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1275
Total number of notes:18109

265.0. "Purchase Bimini Top - Where..?" by ASPEN2::BOIKO () Mon Feb 13 1989 19:16

    	Does anyone where I might be able to locate a bimini top for my
    Baja 174 Sunsport... After looking through Overton's latest catalog
    (very small selection) and after attending the boat show in boston 
    (where they wanted $500-$600 for a custom bimini top), I figured that
    it might be a good time to use the power of the Boats notesfile to ask
    if any of you guy's or gal's, know who in the Boston/S. NH area might
    have a good selection of bimini tops for a reasonable price (ie.
    $150-$250)
    
    	After last summer, a bimini top seems like a good option to have if 
    your going to be out on the lake all day, and you are not lucky enough to 
    have a house on the lake, to come out of the sun for awhile. I'm looking 
    for something that will stay up at waterskiing speed...
    
    								Thanks
                                                                -mike-
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265.1EXSETH::WHYNOTTue Feb 14 1989 09:3212
    Mike,
      Have you considered getting a factory (or aftermarket) full canvas?
    I know they are a lot more money but also alot more versatile.
    The problem with biminis is that they are on RIGID framework and
    disassembly requires tools to take them down. (The one's I've seen
    anyway.)  The full tops just flop down, and are real easy to remove,
    not to mention "boating in the rain" capability.  Besides, I don't
    know how well the bimini would hold up at ~70mph!  :^)
    I ordered a bimini with my malibu, but have never installed it because
    of this "dismantling dilema".  (Or maybe I'm still not ready to
    drill holes into the gunnels?)
    Doug.
265.2Talk to EarlROBOAT::HEBERTCaptain BlighTue Feb 14 1989 14:413
I think Owen's Marine in Mancheste, NH is a Baja dealer.

Art
265.3Bimini Enclosure ReplacementGOLF::WILSONWed Mar 04 1992 08:5320
    Moved by mod...   (Carl, you could start with the old standby, the
    NYNEX Boater's Directory)
    
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Note 952.0                Bimini Enclosure Replacement                No replies
LJOHUB::REDFIELD                                     13 lines   3-MAR-1992 18:54
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I lost my Bimini enclosure (frame as well as torn "canvas") during 
hurricane Bob last August.  The boat is a Bertram 28FBCII.

Any suggestions for a reputable installer.  The boat yard quote is an 
unthinkable $3600 for a simple top, SS frames, .040 vinyl sheet, 
four "U" curtains.

The boat is located on the Cape so anyone on the south shore/south-eastern 
mass would be appropriate.

Thanks for the leads,

Carl