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bimini top or other shade?
skatebros	#1  Posted on 04/07/09 - 12:32 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/07/09	hi, i was wondering what people do when they have a dive door? i have a 1991 22' navy guardian boat, and want to install some shade! any suggestions? i don't want to only have a t top! thanks.
Guts	#2  Posted on 04/07/09 - 1:57 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 612 Comments: 8 Joined: 11/21/08	Hello do you have any pictures of the dive door or even better pictures of the boat and dive door. I have seen the navy using Boston Whalers with part of the port side gunnel gone, when training dolphin in San Diego bay. Whaler central is great site. they have a place for pictures of your boat if you want to post them, it's called Personal Page. As far as shade have you considered a T-Top? If I could have one on my Montauk I world put one on. I have toyed with different way to make one with out riggers for jig lines, hand pulled kind.
Joe Kriz	#3  Posted on 04/07/09 - 2:18 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Here's a photo of a 20' Guardian with a dive door. I don't see any reason why a sun top could not be added but I could be wrong. http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...?user_id=1
Guts	#4  Posted on 04/07/09 - 3:52 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 612 Comments: 8 Joined: 11/21/08	Thanks Joe that is not what I was thinking it was. The ones the navy had; was a banana boat and the deck went to the out side of the hull and was 3-4 feet long. I was hoping to see that kind. I must have had my models mixed up. Edited by Guts on 04/07/09 - 3:53 PM
skatebros	#5  Posted on 05/07/09 - 11:34 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/07/09	thanks for the replies! i guess i need to change my settings to notify me of replies to my post... i have a few pictures i will upload. i guess i should have been more specific. i want to add a bench along the rear (where the black storage box is in the picture) and would like that to be shaded.[img]http://www.whalercentral.com/images/ppimages/13065/boat%20side%20door.jpg[/img][img]http://www.whalercentral.com/images/ppimages/13065/boat%20gas.jpg[/img] I need to take better pictures of the side with the door... it's pretty long. Edited by skatebros on 05/07/09 - 11:36 AM
mattgeiger	#6  Posted on 05/07/09 - 12:22 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 310 Comments: 2 Joined: 02/22/07	Cool boat. There was a 27' Guardian in TX for sale for a long time that had a custom top (and a lot of other goodies). Can't find the pics. Here is something similar - not the best angle, but you can see teh framework and coverage: http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/story...3M-253.JPG EDIT: That photo was too large and taking too long to load. I changed it to a link instead. Edited by Joe Kriz on 05/08/09 - 1:37 PM Cape Dory 28 Hobie 20 Miracle A Class Catamaran
skatebros	#7  Posted on 05/08/09 - 1:32 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/07/09	yeah, that looks pretty good. nice and tall so i still have clearance for my .50 cal. i would love to see that from the side... thanks!
wrangler	#8  Posted on 05/08/09 - 3:15 PM
Member Posts: 264 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/14/08	You certainly can have a T type top on a montauk. Go to Bimiteetop.com. I have the antenna, lights, PA speaker, etc on mine. They also come with a electronics base and pole holders if you want them. Phil T of South Portland Maine has pictures of my top posted. It also comes "off" for garage storage. It goes up or down in about 10 minutes.