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11-24-2002, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cranston RI
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Tee Topps or Hard Top
I am planning to install a Hard top on the boat this winter. Anyone have any experience doing this themselves??? I curently have a canvas enclosure that is getting a little old... Looking to add a something more permanent with grab bars and rod holders.
Just wondering if any of you boat owners have gone this route and can give me any advice.
Thanks
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Mike
21' Gradywhite/"SeaTurtle"
Cranston R.I.
Narragansett Bay
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11-25-2002, 09:07 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Tough call about doing it yourself - is the boat a center console? If so, you may want to find out who OEM's the tops for GW and get one of those. If it mounts to the console instead of the floor and the console is strudy enough, you could probably do it yourself. If it mounts to the floor - there could be a whole mess of problems best left up to those that do it for a living.
Do you trailer your boat or slip it?
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11-25-2002, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cranston RI
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John,
The boat is a walk around cuddy, it will bolt right to the console. I can bend and tig weld the pipe. I plan on building a "jig" of the console and fabricating the top in the garage then bolt it to the conole after it is all welded together.. just have to find a supply of pipe...
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Mike
21' Gradywhite/"SeaTurtle"
Cranston R.I.
Narragansett Bay
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11-25-2002, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cranston RI
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John,
I almost forgot, I kept the boat in warwick cove last summer, thinking of trailering it this upcoming season..
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Mike
21' Gradywhite/"SeaTurtle"
Cranston R.I.
Narragansett Bay
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11-25-2002, 02:44 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Well - if you can do that kind of thing, go for it  ... Check out some of the local and online top fabricators for some inspiration then go for it...
Warwick Cove, eh? I live just a skip away from there over by Rocky Point... Occasional fish there too  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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11-25-2002, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cranston RI
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Thanks John,
Maybe we'll meet out there some time... |
Mike
21' Gradywhite/"SeaTurtle"
Cranston R.I.
Narragansett Bay
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11-25-2002, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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11-26-2002, 08:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cranston RI
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Clamdigger,
I was thinking of glass or epoxy for the actual top, thats the easy part. Do you know anywhere to get the pipe?
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Mike
21' Gradywhite/"SeaTurtle"
Cranston R.I.
Narragansett Bay
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11-26-2002, 09:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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I,M getting a c/c without the windsheild & railing then having it customized with windows and glassed to the exising c/c
we just call them a hard dodger////////////////
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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11-27-2002, 06:10 AM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
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striperswiper, did you try General SUpply in New Bedford for tubing?
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11-27-2002, 07:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cranston RI
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Thanks Fishpart, I'll check them out.
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Mike
21' Gradywhite/"SeaTurtle"
Cranston R.I.
Narragansett Bay
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11-27-2002, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Quincy, MA
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