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Installing Mills Forward Shelter
xwhaler	#1  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:19 AM
Member Posts: 8 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/29/10	Hi Everyone, I recently picked up a Mills forward shelter for $100 from a guy selling on Craigs. I saw the link mentioned here and I'm the guy who bought it...he lives 10 mins from me here in Southern New Hampshire....good guy. Anyhow, the canvas is kind of ratty and I will replace it. I bought it for the frame and to save $$ on having a shop do measurements etc. My goal is to get this one mounted and make sure its going to work with my bow rail and then take it to a shop and have them replicate it. Questions are: 1) Will this work with a bow rail? I have the factory bow rail on my 1968 Eastport. 2) What is the hardware I need? I see on Mills' site they list the fittings but w/o pictures I'm not 100% clear on what I'm needing. Can anyone send me links to the parts I need? Thanks in advance, -Chris Edited by Joe Kriz on 04/29/13 - 11:22 AM
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:23 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	What model of boat did the forward shelter come off of? See the download section for installation drawings for Mills Canvas.
xwhaler	#3  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:27 AM
Member Posts: 8 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/29/10	Thanks Joe...seller told me it came off a 1963 Eastport Edited by Joe Kriz on 04/29/13 - 11:27 AM
Joe Kriz	#4  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:29 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Should be no problem then. An original type installation just like the drawings in our download section. You can view other canvas installs for the Nauset and Eastport models in the personal page section. Several members have the Mills forward shelter photos on their Classic 16 models.
Joe Kriz	#5  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:34 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Yours would be similar to this one but you have the Smirkless hull. http://www.whalercentral.com/userphot...lbum_id=50
xwhaler	#6  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:47 AM
Member Posts: 8 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/29/10	Thanks Joe, any good way to search for other members with my hull that have this? The fwd shelter I have has a much bigger window https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...B468%3B351 Edited by xwhaler on 04/29/13 - 11:49 AM
xwhaler	#7  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:50 AM
Member Posts: 8 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/29/10	That is the actual item I bought...this was the craigslist picture for it
Joe Kriz	#8  Posted on 04/29/13 - 11:57 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Here is the one I was thinking about. 1971 Nauset which is the same hull as yours. http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...r_id=16878 Note: this has an extra Sun Top installed on it. (blue) I did a search for "Canvas for Nauset" and came up with several. Here is one: http://www.whalercentral.com/forum/vi...;pid=73379 Edited by Joe Kriz on 04/29/13 - 12:00 PM
xwhaler	#9  Posted on 04/29/13 - 12:37 PM
Member Posts: 8 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/29/10	Excellent, thanks...just need to get mounting hardware and I'll be on my way