Glenn, I get the impression you're not in the "Git Er Done" crowd. No
dog's under the porch? Pitty... :-)

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Well, the Bimini frame may not be structural in that it does not hold the
mast up but it gets grabbed, pulled on braced against and bashed into
fairly
regularly. When going forward in a swell that one hand for you can put a
lot of pressure on the Bimini frame. A good stiff wind can put a lot of
pressure on it too. When you are miles from help in a rising sea you
don't
want to risk getting skewered by a broken piece of PVC.

Courtney needs to lengthen both the bows and the legs. That will take 3
splices on each bow two of which will be hard to hide. I don't think that
several duct taped chunks of PVC will help the apearance of a Rhodes
Bounty.

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