Paladin, Sorry no pictures of it in the up position. I'll take one first time I put it up.
It is tight underneath. I have it positioned as high as possible, it only clears the boom by 1". No window, so I can't see my windex. Makes it difficult to go forward and difficult for you to board with it up.
I located it as far aft as possible. It touches the back stay.
No problems adjusting our backstay with it touching
Don't worry about the installation.
You simply assemble the complete frame and sit it on your boat
Position it where you want it, mark the bases for drilling
Dissasemble, mount the bases, put the bimini cover on the frame and reassemble
Then you will see how much you need to move your mainsheet boom block forward.
Mine just clears about an 1". The mainsheet does not touch the bimini cover when you come about.
The Texas spiders love to hide in the cover when its in the up position
With all of its disadvantages We can sail in our 100deg.+ Texas heat and my crew (The Admiral) is happy.
Never forget this, Happy crew= happy sailing.
Mine is Navy Blue. Thats the color I wanted so I never looked to see if it was offered in any other color.
It is prefit for the h23.
The directions that come with the bimini clearly state it was not meant to sail with it in the UP position.
The advertisement does not state this fact. My boom block was in the stock, original position.
I have noticed no difference in sailing characteristics with it moved forward to clear the bimini.
We purchased the aluminum frame model as we are in fresh water.
Its of a very good quaility compared to other bimini's I have seen at our marina
Hope this helps,Goodluck and keep us informed, Charles