On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:55:48 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:37:35 -0500, John H
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On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:19:58 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:31:46 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:50 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:25:38 -0500, John H
wrote:

The screws worked themselves loose already. I just worry anytime wood type
screws are used in fiberglass - for anything.

You know what you might want to try - rebedding them using 3M 5200.

That stuff is really strong and with some good stainless screws with
an agressive thread, that thing should hold forever.

Hell - the T-top on my Ranger was set in place with that stuff before
they sunk the screws. I could hang from it before it was secured - no
joke. :)

Ideas like that are appealing. They're cheap!

I think the best idea is to take off the damn bimini and put on a t-top.
I've got to find one my wife thinks blocks enough sun,

A custom made high quality T-top for that boat with a bigger top than
normal would do the trick.

These guys did mine:

http://www.t-tops.com/index.htm

I've seen work done by these folks - high quality.

http://www.edsmarinesuperstore.com/hard.htm

Custom Hard top is about $4,500 (the one above). The base one is $2K
and I'm sure for an extra few dollars, they could make a wider, longer
top which would give you more shade.

You could also get away with a little shorter T-top on that boat which
would give you more shade.

Oh - I forgot.

Told you so. :)

Told me *what* so?

Nope, can't afford a $4500 t-top right now. Have to wait a bit. Then we'll
see.

I'll live with the bimini.

Thanks for the ideas though.

Well, you don't have to drop that kind of money on the T-top - their
standard unit is very affordable and based on the size of your
console, you could probably get them to add some lenth and width to
the top for more shade.

Oh, I'll live with the bimini. The ideas from all you guys will make the
thing much less troublesome, much of which may have been in my mind anyway.