ALI Hard top
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Topic: ALI Hard top
Posted By: AfterDark
Subject: ALI Hard top
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2009 at 9:21pm
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How and what and where would i get a Aluminium hardtop made for my 6.0 boat..
the old canopy is just about had it
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Posted By: tugboat
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2009 at 9:41pm
| PM forum member "of2fsh" he had one made up a little while ago for his tinny! |
Posted By: Rodinator
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 1:58pm
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What make/model is your boat?
Just about any alloy boat builder could custom build one or base it off an existing design/model to suit |
Posted By: AfterDark
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 5:29pm
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Posted By: AfterDark
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 7:43pm
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i have a 6.0 glass arco cabin thats why i'm going for ali as think it will be a lot lighter don't want to make it top heavy pic above is the sort of one i want to get built..
not a pic of my boat
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Posted By: Moki Marko
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2009 at 9:45pm
| one thing I' ve noticed with most hard tops including the one in the picture is that the glass goes right up to the roof, I've filled in the top quarter of my glass with dark tint film to help block out the sun (always seem to be heading into it on the way out and into it again on the way home), if I was re designing my hardtop again I wouldn't take the glass up so high, I mean, when do you look up in a boat?, down visibility is way more important. |
Posted By: J-D
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2009 at 10:23pm
| M.M. That's a bloody great idea . . it always sucks beating back into the sun and chop . . may have to head to repco and see what i can find . . . any chance of a picture of your boat? |
Posted By: MarkE
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2009 at 11:26pm
We do this one - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=213818291 - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=213818291 ....
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Posted By: JerryHatrick
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2009 at 9:35pm
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Saw an ad last night in this month's Boating New Zealand mag for Fibre Components Ltd in East Tamaki - seems that they make & supply fibre Hardtops to Fyran, so here's a tinny with a fibre hardtop , so I was wondering about your thoughts on an Ali top possibly being lighter? Interesting thought.
Good luck
JH
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Posted By: Moki Marko
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2009 at 4:11pm
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HI Dorjam, the stick on tints work real well, I doubled up on the drivers side to give me an xtra dark strip across the top, this worked so well i've since repeated it across both windows, looks tidier now too, yup, either repco or supercheap.   |
Posted By: xtasea
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2009 at 11:00am
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Morrinsville Alloy services will be able to make the hardtop you have pictured.
Shane builds the Bluefin model boats for Sportcraft boats in Morrinsville.
PH 07 889 1085
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Posted By: AfterDark
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2009 at 11:33pm
| Thanks will give them a bell to set something up |
Posted By: fishinmaiden
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2009 at 6:08pm
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A mate of mine happens to be in the same boat as you are. I'll update him with this thread to ease his mind, or better yet, ask him to join the forum! :) |