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[regalman190]

Just thought I'd share this picture. It's a new bimini top with stainless frame for a 36' Sabre fly bridge. This was a tricky one, since there was always a lot of wake. Almost went over board a few times.

[Grebo]

Nice job well done, patterning sure is fun when your dangling off the sides  ;D

Suzi

[Mike8560]

Nice where was the boat that it was so rough. Did you pattern the canvas  blank

[regalman190]

The boat is on a large bay off Lake Ontario. There's always a lot of water skiers and fisherman constantly causing wake.

[JuneC]

Looking good.  I hate to work in those rough spots.  It always adds hours to the job both in patterning and installing when you have to put snaps in.  Constantly have to watch the water and grab tools and hang on till the water settles down.

June

[regalman190]

Thanks.

Mike...I patterned with plastic. Seams run port to starboard over the bows, not front to back, so it was a bit easier. I've come to the conclusion I don't like using a center seam. With a center seam, you always have to add darts over the bows and they never look right. Just my opinion.

[bobbin]

Regal., I'm with you with respect to seaming on biminis.  The first shop I worked for made them the same way you do.  The shop I presently work for does them with a centre seam, and not even a topstitched one (double stick tape and two rows of stitching on the top side).  I don't think they last well, at all.  I have had them come into the shop for a complete restitch within 3 yrs..  I have also seen them "sag and bag out", collecting rain water which leads to more sagging or even frame failure. 

I don't think there's any substitute for a stitched and topstitched seam (one line of stitching kept out of the sun), but that's just my opinion and since I am never assigned new marine fabrication work in the shop my opinion counts for less that nothing.   ;)

[Mike8560]

I don't think there's any substitute for a stitched and topstitched seam (one line of stitching kept out of the sun), but that's just my opinion and since I am never assigned new marine fabrication work in the shop my opinion counts for less that nothing.   ;)

I Agree bobbin on a topstitched seam. But year ago I install all the canvS for a dealer I had next to my old shop.  One thing that was done on theese oem cockpit covers was with the long center seam Dow. The middle   Yo top tlstitch it you would have to roll up on hf the long cover tomtop stitch it.  What they had do e was just stitch it on the inside and to finish it bind the two haltfs.  Now no raw edge two stitch out outf the sun and a berry waterproof seam. The bindin acts like a gutter I'll say and keeps out any water that mY try to enter the seam.  And generaly the center line is high and sheds the water away left and right  anyway. I'll do this is Gerry fast and saves the pia of rolling up the cover. I e done this on my own boats and it lasted fine.