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flatbotm's 1542 build
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<blockquote data-quote="benjineer" data-source="post: 216439" data-attributes="member: 3833"><p>Ok, it goes a little something like this. Don't laugh. [ATTACH=full]27116[/ATTACH]</p><p>You'd need a pin jointed horizontal bar at the top keeping the uprights the right distance apart. The top would always be parallel to the gunnels, which you can't get with a bimini unless you put it on a slide and adjust the straps when you move it. I wanted vertical adjustment too though. Ok, I have to show you what I devised this for. <a href="https://www.benjineer.com/Seabird1.htm" target="_blank">https://www.benjineer.com/Seabird1.htm</a>. It came with a delapidated bimini, but I prefer to drive standing up looking over the windshield. That means you'd have to put the bimini away when driving, what's the point? Now I have to draw some more. The blue in the second pic are the gunnels and windshield. [ATTACH=full]27117[/ATTACH] The top two positions are the most needed for what we do. A fixed top in the "normal" position would be fine except there are some bridges we couldn't get under like that. Also, pushing it down and forward would be nice in the rain or to make more room for fishing at the rear. I wanted to try this, but I never had the time and money at the same time, and went on to other things. We still use the boat, and still wish it had some shade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benjineer, post: 216439, member: 3833"] Ok, it goes a little something like this. Don't laugh. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Top.jpg"]27116._xfImport[/ATTACH] You'd need a pin jointed horizontal bar at the top keeping the uprights the right distance apart. The top would always be parallel to the gunnels, which you can't get with a bimini unless you put it on a slide and adjust the straps when you move it. I wanted vertical adjustment too though. Ok, I have to show you what I devised this for. [url]https://www.benjineer.com/Seabird1.htm[/url]. It came with a delapidated bimini, but I prefer to drive standing up looking over the windshield. That means you'd have to put the bimini away when driving, what's the point? Now I have to draw some more. The blue in the second pic are the gunnels and windshield. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Top2.jpg"]27117._xfImport[/ATTACH] The top two positions are the most needed for what we do. A fixed top in the "normal" position would be fine except there are some bridges we couldn't get under like that. Also, pushing it down and forward would be nice in the rain or to make more room for fishing at the rear. I wanted to try this, but I never had the time and money at the same time, and went on to other things. We still use the boat, and still wish it had some shade. [/QUOTE]
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