Me again...

So, the shipper heads out, and, careful fellow he is, checks the rig after about 50 miles.

Oops.  Hot hubs.  Back to the broker, who takes it to a tire joint; shipper goes on to other adventures, mebbe back in a couple weeks or so.

Sigh.  To quote Emily Latella, "It's always something!"

But, in 2013, after over a year's work on our Morgan 461 sailboat on which we lived and cruised, I called it the Shake-and-BreakDown cruise, as literally every stop resulted in a problem which prevented our moving on without remedying whatever problem it was which arose.

So, no biggie; even if it's new bearings, and I've asked for Bearing Buddies to be put on at the same time, we'll have it soon enough.

However...

(You knew I'd get there, right?)

We don't need any form of tower since the boat comes with a Skylon pole. Which means that the extra-large bimini required by the son's wife has no place to live - and likely would have to be dropped to use the pole, to boot, as its strain relief is via a cable to the bow, with a strap over the sides, and a clip on the eye.  I expect the aft-mounted Skylon isn't tall enough to avoid contact with the bimini if it's any taller than the windshield-ish.

Musing:  On Flying Pig (the aforementioned sailboat) we had a very large bimini, as well as full enclosure windows, making foul weather interesting rather than uncomfortable.  We aren't voyaging in this boat, but for cooler weather, having some form of enclosure, or even just an added-height windshield, might be nice, when we figure out the bimini.  The boat has the center air dam under the folding center windshield...

Which brings me to the point: Has anyone done a free-standing bimini with a Skylon, particularly with a Sunscape 21 (or Wakesetter, as the configuration would be the same)?

And, in a thread long ago, and far away, I'd asked for gunwale and front-of-windshield spreads, in order to figure out the size of the tower I'd need to order.  That's now moot, but the circumstances are the same, as that likely would be where the bimini bows would mount.  Stupid me, I neglected to bring a tape measure to my survey - because I was focused on seeing into difficult spaces and got a flamethrower flashlight and a mirror, only - to make those measurements myself.  And the boat's apparently not yet back at the broker's as we've heard nothing from him, or I'd ask him to measure.

So, adding another beg to my askit, would someone measure the centerline of the gunwale-gunwale distance behind the windshield and the deck in front of the windshield on a similar boat?  And the distance between those points fore/aft?

TIA, as this group is KILLER for newbies like me.  So much that I ordered another long sleeved promo shirt to proclaim to those who didn't see the sticker(s) on the cars enthusing over this site ☺

L8R

Skip

Me again...

So, the shipper heads out, and, careful fellow he is, checks the rig after about 50 miles.

Oops.  Hot hubs.  Back to the broker, who takes it to a tire joint; shipper goes on to other adventures, mebbe back in a couple weeks or so.

Sigh.  To quote Emily Latella, "It's always something!"

But, in 2013, after over a year's work on our Morgan 461 sailboat on which we lived and cruised, I called it the Shake-and-BreakDown cruise, as literally every stop resulted in a problem which prevented our moving on without remedying whatever problem it was which arose.

So, no biggie; even if it's new bearings, and I've asked for Bearing Buddies to be put on at the same time, we'll have it soon enough.

However...

(You knew I'd get there, right?)

We don't need any form of tower since the boat comes with a Skylon pole. Which means that the extra-large bimini required by the son's wife has no place to live - and likely would have to be dropped to use the pole, to boot, as its strain relief is via a cable to the bow, with a strap over the sides, and a clip on the eye.  I expect the aft-mounted Skylon isn't tall enough to avoid contact with the bimini if it's any taller than the windshield-ish.

Musing:  On Flying Pig (the aforementioned sailboat) we had a very large bimini, as well as full enclosure windows, making foul weather interesting rather than uncomfortable.  We aren't voyaging in this boat, but for cooler weather, having some form of enclosure, or even just an added-height windshield, might be nice, when we figure out the bimini.  The boat has the center air dam under the folding center windshield...

Which brings me to the point: Has anyone done a free-standing bimini with a Skylon, particularly with a Sunscape 21 (or Wakesetter, as the configuration would be the same)?

And, in a thread long ago, and far away, I'd asked for gunwale and front-of-windshield spreads, in order to figure out the size of the tower I'd need to order.  That's now moot, but the circumstances are the same, as that likely would be where the bimini bows would mount.  Stupid me, I neglected to bring a tape measure to my survey - because I was focused on seeing into difficult spaces and got a flamethrower flashlight and a mirror, only - to make those measurements myself.  And the boat's apparently not yet back at the broker's as we've heard nothing from him, or I'd ask him to measure.

So, adding another beg to my askit, would someone measure the centerline of the gunwale-gunwale distance behind the windshield and the deck in front of the windshield on a similar boat?  And the distance between those points fore/aft?

TIA, as this group is KILLER for newbies like me.  So much that I ordered another long sleeved promo shirt to proclaim to those who didn't see the sticker(s) on the cars enthusing over this site ☺

L8R

Skip

Ya I called to schedule my 10hr service and they said they are not taking appts for it and to just drop it off and wait in Que. I said I’m not comfortable leaving it overnight and will wait and help or at least pick it up same day, but they didn’t seem to like that idea and I got nowhere. I’m only at 4hrs so far and it’s cold here for a bit in MI so have a little time but feel I’m gonna have to got there in person and put my foot down a bit.
 

Frankly, I find this mandatory 10hr service quite annoying as I can do it at home in less time than it’s gonna take pulling it out of the lake and trailing and relaunching all to be in warranty compliance for a simple job I could prove I did myself with parts receipts. I guess they want to look things over and make sure they are breaking in properly, but I am skeptical much of that actually happens anyway. 

I dunno about hearsay. There was a pic posted on in one of the FB groups that clearly showed a sign on a door stating the store was locked out.

On 5/6/2024 at 2:40 PM, 85 Barefoot said:

https://radarskis.com/products/mens-session.  Get a 69” or even a 67”.  Thank me later.  Then pare down the width and speed and angle start going up.  Have fun w your new boat!

I went and had a look.

Not really surprising, as in the late 90s/early oughts, my boots for the 72" custom HO ski seen earlier (and which apparently has been teleported elsewhere, as all attempts to get a response from the other son who - at one time - had it in his basement) were over $100 each, but getting 'real' boots would triple the cost of that ski.

I'm not ready to spend a grand on a ski - ever, let alone before I prove that I can do it again...