Bimini

[BobbyEarl]

I have an 05 SANTE that I will be selling next year but would like to add an aftermarket bimini on the flight tower...looking for suggestions!

[beach]

http://www.towerbiminis.com

I have one. Great build quality.

[jhiestand]

http://www.towerbiminis.com

I have one. Great build quality.

+1 for towerbiminis. I love mine!

[Chexi]

I have mixed feelings about the Tower Bimini (I know I am in a small minority). Perhaps mine is just not sized correctly, but there is no possible way for me to get mine taut on the sides. To be clear, I can get it very tight at the mid-points of the front and rear cross-bars, but the edges are still not taut. This results in water flowing like a river onto my throttle area if I get caught in the rain. It also can flap noisily in the wind at higher speeds. It certainly is built like a tank, but I was expecting something better. It might just be that they made my cover a little too big on at the left and right edges or did not sew it quite right. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has this same issue, or if mine really is out of spec. For references, this is on a 2nd gen OEM FCT and my bimini is under the tower style.

[ski4evr]

Chexi, mine is the same bimini as yours I think. It is extremely taught all around. no flapping whatsoever. Might reach out to them for help. My only complaint is with the pro 80's, it has very low head clearance. However, being lower, it provides a lot more shade. Tradeoffs in everything I guess. definitely like my towerbimini.com.

[Chexi]

I took ski4evr's advice and finally contacted Tower Biminis. I got a response same day with an email with the installation instructions (which were missing from mine when I first bought it). I definitely had it setup wrong. I have now set it up according to the instructions and it is much better. It is not perfect, but much better. The sides are still a bit loose, but the rest is super tight. I added a little foam around the poles in the top corners where they are covered with the bimini corners and this helped. Pretty good now.

[s_kelley2000]

Here is another option if you decide not to go the TowerBimini route and are a little bit handy.

http://www.planetnautique.com/vb3/sh...Bimini-Project