I ordered a new bimini from WMI Tops of Canada yesterday. Their quality and price looked good compared to some of the other compaines offering biminis. I ordered a 3-bow Navy Sunbrella top with stainless fittings and stainless support poles. I had them sew a zipper onto the front of the top so that I can have a clear window made for the gap between the windshield and the top. I'm wondering how much a 3 panel window for the front will cost, if its too much I think I will just have a piece of Sunbrella made to go in the gap.
New Bimini Ordered
- Thread starter Mulv80
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Hey Cy, I made a mistake its GMI Tops http://www.gmitopdesign.com/
A standard Sunbrella top is $225 + $25 to ship. I decided to upgrade to the all stainless fitting option for $35 then decided to get the support poles and have the zipper sewn in. You can have zippers sewn on all 4 sides for $60.
A standard Sunbrella top is $225 + $25 to ship. I decided to upgrade to the all stainless fitting option for $35 then decided to get the support poles and have the zipper sewn in. You can have zippers sewn on all 4 sides for $60.
Here is a place I found a while back. I don't see how they sell the biminis so cheap. They also sell mooring covers.
http://www.sharkeyltd.com/
http://www.sharkeyltd.com/
That is cheap Blue, I know I could find a top cheaper if I didnt go with the Sunbrella. My skiff has a Sunbrella top and its going on its fourth season and still looks like new. In my opinion Sunbrella is the only way to go, plus I hate that blue color top that every boat seems to have.
tsubaki
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Didn't see this thread till about an hour ago.
Ordered from gmitopdesign last Friday.
One with stainless hardware, 2 sets of adjustable supports with stainless hardware and Sunbrella fabric.
Arrived this afternoon (while I was out to lunch), the box had been opened, the packing slip was missing off the front of the box and only one set of adjustable supports were in the box. Everything else seems to be there.
Sent an e-mail to the customer service dept to see what I should do next, waiting for responce.
Wasen't exactly what I thought. Will post pictures before and when assembled so ya'll can judge if you like them or not.
Alright Mulv, you're expected to do the same.
Ordered from gmitopdesign last Friday.
One with stainless hardware, 2 sets of adjustable supports with stainless hardware and Sunbrella fabric.
Arrived this afternoon (while I was out to lunch), the box had been opened, the packing slip was missing off the front of the box and only one set of adjustable supports were in the box. Everything else seems to be there.
Sent an e-mail to the customer service dept to see what I should do next, waiting for responce.
Wasen't exactly what I thought. Will post pictures before and when assembled so ya'll can judge if you like them or not.
Alright Mulv, you're expected to do the same.
tsubaki
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This is what I didn't expect.
I thought it would come with 3 bows made from 3 pieces of pipe, not 3 bows made from 10 pieces of pipe.
All the parts and hardware are very nice grade material, everything on their website is at least as good as they say and there is no way you can beat their price (at least adding the stainless stuff in the mix).
We'll see after installation if I can screw it up farther.
I thought it would come with 3 bows made from 3 pieces of pipe, not 3 bows made from 10 pieces of pipe.
All the parts and hardware are very nice grade material, everything on their website is at least as good as they say and there is no way you can beat their price (at least adding the stainless stuff in the mix).
We'll see after installation if I can screw it up farther.
tsubaki
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I've only dealt with the ones made locally (which are beyond my budget) out of single pieces of pipe for each bow.
In all honesty, I was wondering how they were going to ship 72" x 80" box. It's just not practical, they have already figured that out.
The assembly proves to be easy, the instructions are very detailed, the pipes are color coded to their location and the bows are labeled.
Hell, I probably couldn't mess this up.
Like Mulv said about the quality, everything is better than the parts usually available at the boat shops.
And anybody needing parts and accessories needs to look at their stuff.
In all honesty, I was wondering how they were going to ship 72" x 80" box. It's just not practical, they have already figured that out.
The assembly proves to be easy, the instructions are very detailed, the pipes are color coded to their location and the bows are labeled.
Hell, I probably couldn't mess this up.
Like Mulv said about the quality, everything is better than the parts usually available at the boat shops.
And anybody needing parts and accessories needs to look at their stuff.
tsubaki
God
Got busy with a Hydro Sports project and didn’t get to the V till late.
At least got stuff centered up and close, now ready to add correct hardware and bolt in place till I find out about the other two brackets.
Sorry about the poor pictures, but it is drunk and about late.
So much for trying to fish tomorrow.
At least got stuff centered up and close, now ready to add correct hardware and bolt in place till I find out about the other two brackets.
Sorry about the poor pictures, but it is drunk and about late.
So much for trying to fish tomorrow.
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Bygracealone
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tsubaki
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It's not what you think.
It was intended to be junked after robbing the motor for the V.
Daddy then thought it would be good as a bream boat for places like Clark Hill, Santee and Lake George Fla (where we're going next month).
Spent most of yesterday outfitting rodholders, umbrella holders, wireing the trailer, trolling motor modifications, etc.
Still got to add the depthfinder.
This is what it had on it, insane hp and weight.
We put a 75 on it instead, floats higher and still does 46mph. Well that was before the new prop and adjusting the motor height, still got to try it before it's first fishing trip.
It was intended to be junked after robbing the motor for the V.
Daddy then thought it would be good as a bream boat for places like Clark Hill, Santee and Lake George Fla (where we're going next month).
Spent most of yesterday outfitting rodholders, umbrella holders, wireing the trailer, trolling motor modifications, etc.
Still got to add the depthfinder.
This is what it had on it, insane hp and weight.
We put a 75 on it instead, floats higher and still does 46mph. Well that was before the new prop and adjusting the motor height, still got to try it before it's first fishing trip.
tsubaki
God
I looked for months to try to make sense of different advertisements on biminis.
Trying to find the shop that had stainless hardware, rigid uprights and the fabric I wanted, I gave up.
Cabelas had the closest thing I wanted till finding these guys.
http://www.gmitopdesign.com/
And then seeing that Mulv had already started a thread that I somehow missed.
The 6' long, 79"-84" wide, 48"-54" high is what I got.
Ended up cutting off about 6" in order to get the height I wanted due to the mounting location.
Right now I believe there is a little over 6' clearance.
The way mine is mounted, it can fold over the windshield, mount stored just above the windsield, mount stored to the rear overhead (like normal), be opened level and be able to fish from the rear seats uninhibited while providing shade to all 4 seats or tilt forward to just over the windshield to use as protection during a rainstorm while heading in.
Trying to find the shop that had stainless hardware, rigid uprights and the fabric I wanted, I gave up.
Cabelas had the closest thing I wanted till finding these guys.
http://www.gmitopdesign.com/
And then seeing that Mulv had already started a thread that I somehow missed.
The 6' long, 79"-84" wide, 48"-54" high is what I got.
Ended up cutting off about 6" in order to get the height I wanted due to the mounting location.
Right now I believe there is a little over 6' clearance.
The way mine is mounted, it can fold over the windshield, mount stored just above the windsield, mount stored to the rear overhead (like normal), be opened level and be able to fish from the rear seats uninhibited while providing shade to all 4 seats or tilt forward to just over the windshield to use as protection during a rainstorm while heading in.
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I know I should have taken some pictures but I installed the GMI top this weekend. I really like the quality of it, I was able to run up to about 35 mph without it looking like it was going to rip off the boat. I bought the stainless supports to replace the back straps, I highly reccommend this option. I'm able to fold the top up and leave it on the supports and its much more stable than the straps while running. Another bonus with the support poles is they don't have to be extended as far back as the straps so you don't have as much interference when trying to fish. I got the sunbrella with stainless hardware upgrade on an aluminum frame with the support poles for $350 shipped.
I have my support poles in the back. I can stand under the top without a problem and its out of the way for when I need to get to the sliding hatch. With my old top I used to let it rest in front of the windshield and it was always a pain trying to get to the front of the boat for the anchor or whatever.