She's the standard 07/08 bimini for FCT towers.
One she's up she works a treat, but I have two issues with it.
1. The spinners only go half-way around with the bimini on. I don't believe it would be much of a design tweak to crank the rear strut out of the way (you can see this in the pic) or attach it elsewhere on the tower (above the canvas?). Come on CC.
2. You need to stow the bimini completely inside the boat when towing- otherwise the screws holding the end swivel-locks in jiggle loose and fall out - as they did for me. My dealer (excellent as always) calmly listened to me bleating on the other end of the line for 15 minutes, then couriered me new ones.
3. Not really an issue, but it takes two people to make rigging it 'easy'. Maybe with more practice I could do it myself, but the struts tend to dangle everwhere and scratch everything. Would be a pain to always be riggng & de-rigging if you tow considerable distances.
4. Always operate the bungy cord from the back of the spinners; if you let go while in front of the forks, you're likey to lose your eye (especially after a beer or two). This is a real issue for those unfamiliar with bungy cords and spinners...
Will post side-on pics when I download my other camera...
One she's up she works a treat, but I have two issues with it.
1. The spinners only go half-way around with the bimini on. I don't believe it would be much of a design tweak to crank the rear strut out of the way (you can see this in the pic) or attach it elsewhere on the tower (above the canvas?). Come on CC.
2. You need to stow the bimini completely inside the boat when towing- otherwise the screws holding the end swivel-locks in jiggle loose and fall out - as they did for me. My dealer (excellent as always) calmly listened to me bleating on the other end of the line for 15 minutes, then couriered me new ones.
3. Not really an issue, but it takes two people to make rigging it 'easy'. Maybe with more practice I could do it myself, but the struts tend to dangle everwhere and scratch everything. Would be a pain to always be riggng & de-rigging if you tow considerable distances.
4. Always operate the bungy cord from the back of the spinners; if you let go while in front of the forks, you're likey to lose your eye (especially after a beer or two). This is a real issue for those unfamiliar with bungy cords and spinners...
Will post side-on pics when I download my other camera...
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