[Rhodes22-list] Do you recommend the Bimini top?

[Rob Lowe]

OK, here is where we bought our bimini.
http://www.sharkeyltd.com/index.html

The slides can be found under accessories.

That being said, this is not the ideal bimini, but it does work.  I wish we
had taken a bit more time to mount it, but when it's 95 degrees and your on
the water, we got it a bit of a hurry.  Time to position it a bit better
would be in order.  We mounted the brackets for the straps in places where
they got in the way and had to move them.  It's also a bit tall and
interferes with the boom a bit.  I think I'm going to cut the poles down a
bit this winter to shorten it.

The site Mary Lou sent out has the slides and hinges that look exactly like
what came with ours.  Perhaps a retrofit of a fixed mount is possible? - rob
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/hardware/bimini/kit/index.htm


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Do you recommend the Bimini top?


> Art,
> Is this what you are looking for?
>
> http://www.duckworksbbs.com/hardware/bimini/hinge-sl/index.htm
>
> ML
>
>
> At 06:37 PM 10/22/2007, you wrote:
> >Rob,
> >What aftermarket bimini mounts on tracks?  I didn't know still made.
> >Art
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu>
> > >Sent: Oct 22, 2007 10:59 AM
> > >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Do you recommend the Bimini top?
> > >
> > >We bought an aftermarket bimini and wouldn't sail without it.  It's not
as
> > >nice as the one from GB, but it serves our purpose.  Ours mounts on
tracks
> > >so we can slide it fore or aft, but it pretty much stays in one place.
Ours
> > >stows towards the stern and lays nicely just inside the stern rails.
We
> > >just leave it stowed where it is when we sail without it (like
yesterday
> > >when it was a beautiful day).  About the only thing we have to do is
move
> > >the tiller handle out of the way when we raise or lower it.
> > >
> > >Rob Lowe
> > >S/V Getaway
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Paul Krawitz" <krawitzmail-rhodes22 at yahoo.com>
> > >To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 5:53 PM
> > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Do you recommend the Bimini top?
> > >
> > >
> > >> For those of you that have it, is the Bimini top more of a benefit or
a
> > >hassle? How long does it take to put up and take down? Does it store
easily
> > >in the cabin?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Paul K
> > >>
> > >>
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