Bimini on C27 advice

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Mark

Hello Folks! I found a couple of archived posts on this topic, but since its a year later, its time to ask again. I have a 79 Cat27 Dinette model, with the original traveller and no plans to move the traveller at this point. I have a dodger already on the boat, and now its time for a bimini. Anyone done this successfully? It looks like about a 5-6ft long bimini would fit between the dodger and the traveller... Any thought or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, and a picture or measurement would be a gold mine! Thanks and Best Regards, Mark
 
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J W Huhta

Bimini on a Cat 27 1979 Model

First, I have no scanner so I can't send a pix. We have a dodger installed. The boat also came with a Bimini(we bought the boat last October.) We just tried the bimini out last week, and it looks and works great. Here's how it is installed: At the front end it is zippered to the dodger, with a split zipper--one for the port one for the starboard side. Zipping starts at the center and goes outward to both sides(at the top) of the dodger. It is inside the dodger, insuring a weather proof set-up. At the stern end, it has a canvas "tunnel" into which an aluminum pole is inserted. The pole has lines on it that one can attach to the backstay for bimini rigidity. At the ends of the aluminum pole is another set of lines that can be attached to the forward part of the stern "pulpit". There is a cutout where the main sheet and blocks and purchase go thru the bimini. The bimini is quite solid and sags very little. Takes a little bit of experimenting to get the aluminum pole lines set just right. Hope this helps you.
 
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Garry @ S/V TASHTEGO

Bimini

We have a bimini on TASHTEGO but it has some problems. In the first place, it is too high and requires fiddling with the boom, main sheet, topping lift etc. to get it up. Also it is too high to remain up when sailing. I am going to shorten the frame so that it will go up without so much fuss. The second problem is that it is mounted far enough forward to lie on the cabin top forward of the hatch opening when furled. When it is up it covers the hatch and a foot or so of the cockpit and that's all. If I move it back and still stow it forward it will be in the way of the hatch. If I move it back and lean it aft it will lean on the backstay and stand up pretty straight. The solution I plan is to mount the bimini on genoa track so that it can be pushed forward when stowed and moved back when set up to cover the cockpit. I might even leave it forward from time to time to cover the hatch when it rains.
 
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