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Bimini
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:12 pm
by Cam
Does someone have the measurements of the standard bimini that comes with the 26M? Do you consider the standard one to be big enough? Does it cover the entire cockpit? Anyone had theirs custom made?
Thanks
Cam
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:35 pm
by beene
As far as I know, there is no Bimini that "comes with" any Mac. You must mean the one you can get as an option from the factory.
I got mine
HERE
You can see in these pics that it is quite high and does not interfere with the boom.
G
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:28 am
by parrothead
Cam,
I don't know the dimensions of the "standard"
bimini - but when I first saw it, I thought that there must be a way to get more shade. There are a few posts about larger aftermarket biminis on this site. Here's mine, from the Mods page
http://macgregorsailors.com/cgi-bin/mod ... record=681
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:58 am
by johnnyonspot
Beene,
How might one avoid getting their line led aft caught on the track like that? Or the end of a bolt 6-feet up their mast? Any tricks?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:02 pm
by Ivan Awfulitch
Softopper makes a bimini specifically for the Mac 26 X and M. The brothers both had a 26x and made these for their own boats. I've gotten cushions and other items from them and their service is great.
http://www.softopper.com/bimini_tops.html
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:10 pm
by beene
How might one avoid getting their line led aft caught on the track like that? Or the end of a bolt 6-feet up their mast? Any tricks?
Ya, PITA for sure. I still get my main halyard caught on those freakin bolts up the mast. I want to cut the excess off, but have not gotten around to it yet. As for the track catching my spin halyard led aft, usually it's clean, but occasionally, like in Highlanders first M sail photo, it gets caught. No tricks yet, I just make sure it's clean before I hoist the spin.
G
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:41 pm
by Catigale
Keeping tension on the lines as you mainsail up/down is the trick - you also want to do this when furling to get a nice tight wrap too of course.
Nice tight wrap...mmmmmm...hungry......
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:24 am
by beene
Nice tight wrap...mmmmmm...hungry......
Funny.... food wasn't the first thing that popped into my head.
G
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:32 pm
by Derrick
I also got the Overtons one in sunbrella recommended above this spring and it works great.
Softopper Bimini!!! It's great and cheap too!!
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:08 pm
by MacShales
Just got mine and installed it in 1 hour.
Sunbrella fabric, yeah, it's aluminum and not stainless but
for under 400$ delivered, who cares.
It fits the M perfectly and I've had several people comment
on how nice it looks. The blue even matches the main cover.
Cheers, Brian