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1988 Montauk bimini top pic request
reelescape1	#1  Posted on 11/04/19 - 4:42 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/12/05	I read all I can find by searching. Would those of you that have a similar boat with bow rail with Mills top please post a pic of the top stowed? Or direct me to a pic I missed? I'm comparing the two they offer now; Bimini that stows inside of front bow rail and Flying that stows outside of bow rail. I'm not interested in aftermarket or raised when stowed. Thank you
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 11/04/19 - 5:48 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	There is a reason Mills changed the stowed position to outside the bow rail. Makes more room inside the Montauk. Here is the older style that is stowed inside. https://www.whalercentral.com/infusio...?user_id=7 A Sun Top stowed outside the bow rail although this is not Mills but same principle. http://users.sisqtel.net/~jkriz/Monta...t-side.jpg http://cf.millscanvas.com/cfml/docume...nstall.pdf Choose what suits you best.
reelescape1	#3  Posted on 11/05/19 - 3:00 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/12/05	Thanks Joe. Anyone else?
Phil T	#4  Posted on 11/05/19 - 7:13 AM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7043 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	My 1987 Montauk had a non-Mills top on 6' sliders that stowed outside the rails. The rails allow you to set it to shade the cooler seat passengers or the RPS passengers. This is the best installation in my opinion. 1992 Outrage 17 I 2019 E-TEC 90, Viper 17 2+ 2018 Load Rite Elite 18280096VT
reelescape1	#5  Posted on 11/05/19 - 7:37 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/12/05	Phil T wrote: My 1987 Montauk had a non-Mills top on 6' sliders that stowed outside the rails. The rails allow you to set it to shade the cooler seat passengers or the RPS passengers. This is the best installation in my opinion. Seems like it to me alos. Is there interference deploying the anchor or with the nav light when stowed?
Phil T	#6  Posted on 11/05/19 - 10:45 AM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7043 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	I ran the anchor rode to outer bow eye and then under bimini rails to norman pin. Did not run at night with the bimini installed on the boat. 1992 Outrage 17 I 2019 E-TEC 90, Viper 17 2+ 2018 Load Rite Elite 18280096VT
Weatherly	#7  Posted on 11/05/19 - 11:46 AM
Member Posts: 752 Comments: 4 Joined: 12/31/06	I installed a sunbrella material toast color Mills sun top on one of my boats dated to 2014. The sun top was a nicely manufactured assessory and Mills provided detailed installation instructions. The sun top stowed forward did not impede in the use of the norman pin for anchoring - you feed your anchor line under the stowed sun top - nor the bow light. Here is a link to a photograph of the sun top. While my boat did not have a bow rail installed, the sun top only needed to be positioned forward on the tracks to rest in the stowed position forward of the bow rail centerline stanchion base. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Qi...pZVVd2OUxR
reelescape1	#8  Posted on 11/05/19 - 3:50 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/12/05	Thanks Phil and Weatherly. Beautiful boat Weatherly!